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    Question

    What is the purpose of the NVS-1 satellite launched by

    the Indian Space Research Organisation?
    A Weather monitoring Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Communication Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Earth observation Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Navigation Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Scientific research Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    As per the information given below, the correct answer is option D. The Indian Space Research Organisation conducted the fifth launch of 2023 as it lifted off a 2232-kilogram satellite, part of its NavIC series, into space. The NVS-1 launched onboard GSLV F12 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The NVS-1 is the first satellite of the next-generation NavIC satellite aimed to augment the navigational capabilities of the country. The system was developed looking at the growing requirements of the Civil Aviation sector in the country for better positioning, navigation, and timing. The NavIC satellites are used in terrestrial, aerial, and marine transportation, location-based services, personal mobility, resource monitoring, surveying and geodesy, scientific research, time dissemination and synchronization, and safety-of-life alert dissemination. The payload is carrying an indigenously developed Rubidium atomic clock developed by the Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad. "It is an important technology that only a handful of countries possess," Isro added.

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