The thrusters on board the NVS-02 satellite failed to fire, causing the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to lose ground in its efforts to get the satellite into the desired orbit, the agency announced on Sunday.

The NVS-02 satellite, which was launched on January 29 on board the GSLV-Mk 2 rocket, was an essential part of India's own space-based navigation system. Additionally, this was ISRO's 100th launch from the Andhra Pradesh spaceport in Shriharikota.
As stated in a website update for the GSLV-F15 mission, "But the orbit raising operations towards positioning the satellite to the designated orbital slot could not be carried out as the valves for admitting the oxidizer to fire the thrusters for orbit raising did not open," the space agency stated.

The elliptical Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) in which the satellite is currently orbiting the Earth is unsuitable for the navigation system.
"The satellite is presently in elliptical orbit, and its systems are in good condition. ISRO stated that different mission plans are being developed for using the satellite for elliptical orbit navigation.

The satellite's solar panels were successfully deployed and power generation was nominal following the GSLV rocket's placement of the satellite in the GTO.


According to the space agency, communication has been established with the ground station.

Because every stage worked perfectly and the orbit was reached with extreme precision, the launch aboard the GSLV was a success.