After travelling for about 19 minutes in dark and cloudy skies, the rocket successfully separated its payload into the desired Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO)
GSLV rocket carrying navigation satellite NVS-02 lifted off from this spaceport on Wednesday, the mission was also the first for the space agency's Chairman V Narayanan
Compasses are some of the oldest navigational tools in history. Since Mankind started to understand more about Navigation they have been crucial to major feats of navigation such as the first transoceanic voyages and the circumnavigation of the globe. None of this would be possible without the aid of the compass in performing navigation calculations […]
