ISRO counts down to GSLV-F18 launch carrying NavIC satellite NVS-03

The countdown is under way for ISRO's GSLV-F18 mission, which will carry the navigation satellite NVS-03 into orbit. The rocket is scheduled to lift off at 11.51 pm on Friday, October 30, from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The satellite, fitted with an indigenous rubidium atomic clock, is meant to strengthen India's NavIC navigation system.