• HOUSTON - India’s space agency says a valve failure prevented a navigation spacecraft launched more than a year ago from raising its orbit • 25statement, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced the outcome of an investigation by an “Apex Committee” into the January 2025 launch of the NVS-02 navigation satellite on a GSLV Mark 2 rocket • The rocket successfully placed NVS-02 into a geostationary transfer orbit • However, the spacecraft was unable to fire its own engine to raise its orbit,stranding it in that transfer orbit that largely prevents the spacecraft from carrying out its mission • The spacecraft remains in a transfer orbit ranging from 287 and 37,252 kilometers at an inclination of 20 • 85 degrees, according to data from the U

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  • HOUSTON - India’s space agency says a valve failure prevented a navigation spacecraft launched more than a year ago from raising its orbit. In a Feb. 25 statement, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced the outcome of an investigation by an “Apex Committee” into the January 2025 launch of the NVS-02 navigation satellite on a GSLV Mark 2 rocket. The rocket successfully placed NVS-02 into a geostationary transfer orbit. However, the spacecraft was unable to fire its own engine to raise its orbit, stranding it in that transfer orbit that largely prevents the spacecraft from carry

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