India, Oct. 31 -- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday night, October 30, launched the navigation satellite NVS-03 aboard the GSLV-F18 rocket. The satellite carries an indigenously developed atomic clock alongside imported ones and is expected to help restore the country's NavIC regional navigation system, The Times of India reported.

The mission is a major boost to India's strategic capabilities, as the country's armed forces have so far relied on foreign navigation systems such as the American GPS and Russian GLONASS for certain operations.

NavIC had been reduced to three active satellites, one short of the minimum four required for the system to function. According to the report, the armed forces are currently not ...