ISRO successfully launched the NVS-03 navigation satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on October 30, 2026, restoring NavIC to a four-satellite, standalone operational status and advancing India’s push for an indigenous, more precise space-time network. ISRO’s NVS-03 launch restores NavIC to four satellites, introduces a homegrown atomic clock, and expands civilian and defense navigation capabilities.