PSLV-C24 Lift off Indian Space Research Organisation's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C24, successfully launched the IRNSS-1...
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| PSLV-C24 Lift off |
Indian Space Research Organisation's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C24, successfully launched the IRNSS-1B navigation satellite on April 04, 2014, at 1714 hours IST from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
The 1432 kg IRNSS-1B is the second of the seven satellites constituting the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System(IRNSS).
This is the twenty fifth consecutively successful mission of PSLV. The more powerful 'XL' configuration of PSLV was used for this mission, which was also used to launch India's maiden moon mission- Chandrayaan-1.
The flight lasted about 19 minutes, before injecting IRNSS-1B into an elliptical orbit of 283 km X 20,630 km, which is very close to the intended orbit.
After injection, the solar panels of IRNSS-1B were deployed automatically. In the coming days, five orbit manoeuvres will be carried out from ISRO's Master Control Facility in Hassan Karnataka, to position the satellite in its Geosynchronous Circular Orbit at 55 deg East longitude.
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| IRNSS-1B |
The first satellite of the constellation IRNSS-1A, was launched by PSLV on July 02, 2013, which is functioning satisfactorily from its designated geosynchronous orbital position.
IRNSS is an independent regional navigation satellite system designed to provide position information in the Indian region and 1500 km around the Indian mainland. IRNSS would provide two types of services, namely, Standard Positioning Services (SPS) - provided to all users - and Restricted Services (RS), provided only to authorised users with a accuracy less than 10 m.
ISRO will launch two more satellites of this constellation, IRNSS-1C and IRNSS-1D, in the second half of 2014.
The entire IRNSS constellation of seven satellites is planned to be operational by 2015-16.
