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2026-10-30 · DW

India news: National space agency ISRO to boost GPS alternative with new satellite launch

Here are the top headlines from India on Friday, October 30: Tired of missing our real-time updates? Click here to add us as a Preferred Source on Google. India's space agency is set to launch a navigation satellite on Friday night to strengthen the country's indigenous alternative to GPS. According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) the NVS-03 is "intended to augment the NavIC constellation and support continuity of navigation services." The NVS-03 satellite, the third in ISRO's next-generation navigation series, will be carried into orbit by the GSLV-F18 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 11:51 p.m. (1821 GMT) on Friday.

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