GSLV Mk II F?? : NVS-03 aka IRNSS-1L : SLP : Mid 2026

[GewoonLukas_]

During this interview, ISRO's chairman says at 4:16 that the NVS-03 satellite is scheduled to launch in October this year:

[zubenelgenubi]

Possible GSLV MkII F17?  See my bold:

IN-SPACe launch manifesto has been released:

Q4 FY 2023-24: (1 January 2024 - 30 March 2024)
✅ PSLV C58 / ISRO Payload (XPoSat) + POEM-3 with 9 payloads
✅ GSLV F14 / ISRO Payload (Insat-3DS)
✅ AGNIBAAN-SORTeD (Suborbital mission)
- SSLV D3 / ISRO Primary Payload, Space Rickshaw & IITMSat

FY 2024-25 Commercial Missions:
Q1: (1 April 2024 - 30 June 2024)
- PSLV C59 / NSIL Primary Payload, SCOT, CGUSAT, LEAP-1

- VIKRAM-1: TBD

Q2: (1 July 2024 - 30 September 2024)
- LVM3 M5 / NSIL Payload

- VIKRAM-1: TBD

Q3: (1 October 2024 - 31 December 2024)
- PSLV C62 / PROBA-3
- PSLV N1 / TDS-01
- SSLV S1 / TBD, PARIKSHIT

- VIKRAM-1: TBD
- AGNIBAAN: TBD

Q4: (1 January 2025 - 30 March 2025)
- PSLV N2 / TBD, Aadyah, DRISHTI, Sanskardhaam, DS P30
- SSLV S2 / TBD, Azista60°

- VIKRAM-1: TBD
- AGNIBAAN: TBD

FY 2024-25 ISRO/User-funded Missions: (No specific quarters given)
- PSLV C60 / ISRO Payload + POEM-4
- GSLV F15 / ISRO Payload
- PSLV C61 / ISRO Payload
- GSLV F16 / ISRO Payload
- PSLV C63 / ISRO Payloads
- GSLV F17 / ISRO Payload

Note:
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- In addition, seven test launches pertaining to Gaganyaan are also scheduled during the period.
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F17 could also be GISAT-2 or IDRSS-01:

https://twitter.com/isrospaceflight/status/1874794754367770683

🚨 Planned launches for ISRO in 2025!

According to Dr. Somanath, ISRO is expected to carry out 9 orbital launches this year, including the launch of the much awaited Gaganyaan-G1 and NISAR missions! 🚀

There will also be PSLV-N1, the first PSLV launch conducted through NSIL!

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[GewoonLukas_]

A presentation shown today during a press briefing showed this launch as NET Q4, with recent articles placing the launch NET December after the launch of GaganYaan-G1

https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1OyKAjPpeMyGb

‘Our mission: space station by 2035, man on moon by 2040’
17 Aug 2025

[...]

We started Gaganyaan in 2018, but it got delayed because of Covid. The first uncrewed mission of that project is being planned for liftoff before this December. For next year, there are two more uncrewed missions, followed by a crewed mission in the first quarter of 2027. Then comes the Navigation-03 satellite.

[...]

We have approval for three navigation satellites, with the first to be launched in December-January. Further project approvals are in the pipeline.

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[AndrewM]

Appears that as of November, this was targeting Q1 2026 but is now mid-2026. It also seems that GISAT-1A is now flying on F17 which will probably push this to F18 or 19.

ISRO lines up seven launch missions from SDSC SHAR Sriharikota by March-end [Nov. 3]

“Again, ISRO will use LVM3-M5 vehicle to place a commercial communication satellite for a private client. Three PSLV missions are planned for placing the satellites soon. A technology development mission PSLV-N1 and GSLV-F17 mission will also be launched by the end of this financial year,” he said, revealing various developments that are taking place at SDSC SHAR.

Gaganyaan, PSLV, SSLV private debut: Isro's big plans for 2026 revealed [Jan. 3]

MID-2026: GSLV-F17, THE REPLACING WATCHMAN
By the middle of the year, the GSLV-F17 mission is expected to deploy the NVS-03 satellite.

Isro preps for Gisat-1A launch, sat expected to reach spaceport soon [Feb. 6]

The space agency has already issued a Notice To Airmen (Notam), which is mandatory for any launch, with a window of Feb 20 to March 5. Notam for the GSLV-F17 mission, which will launch Gisat-1A, as with any space launch, is indicative and could be changed.

[TheVarun]

The launch campaign for GSAT-1A seems to have gone completely silent. Hope there are no major issues