India, Feb. 3 -- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) hit a snag in its attempts to place the NVS-02 satellite in the desired orbit, with the space agency revealing on Sunday that the thrusters on board the spacecraft failed to fire.

The NVS-02 satellite was launched as a part of ISRO's 100th mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota last Wednesday. It was crucial for India's own space-based navigation system, easing the country's reliance on the widely used Global Positioning System (GPS).

The launch happened on board the GSLV-Mk 2 rocket.

"But the orbit raising operations towards positioning the satellite to the designated orbital slot could not be carried out as the valves for admitting the...