India has launched the 1425 Kg IRNSS-1F, the sixth satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System ( IRNSS) on 10th March, 2016 afternoon. This is the 34th flight of PSLV launch vehicle. The launch took place from India's space port, Sriharikota. This is the 12th PSLV flight in its 'XL' configuration.
After the lift off at 16:01 IST from Second launch pad with the ignition of first stage, the subsequent important flight events took place as planned. The IRNSS-1F satellite was injected to an elliptical orbit of 284 Km x 20719 Km inclined at an angle of 17.866 degrees to the equator after 19 minutes 14 seconds. The solar panels of the spacecraft were deployed automatically after separation. ISRO's Master Control Facility at Hasan took over the control of the satellite and placed the satellite into a Geostationary orbit at 32.5 degree East longitude. This is the 6th of the seven satellites constituting the space segment of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite system. IRNSS-1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E were the first five satellites of the constellation were successfully launched by PSLV on July 02, 2013, April 04, 2014, October 16, 2014, March 28, 2015 and January 20, 2016 respectively.
The IRNSS is an independent regional navigation system designed to provide position information in the Indian region and 1500 Km around the Indian main land. The IRNSS would provide two types of services namely, Standard positioning services (SPS)- provided to all users and Restricted Services ( RS ) provided to authorized users.
There are a number of ground stations responsible for the generation and transmission of navigation parameters, satellite ranging and monitoring etc. 18 stations have been established across the country.
Here is a video of the PSLV-C32 LAUNCH...
After the lift off at 16:01 IST from Second launch pad with the ignition of first stage, the subsequent important flight events took place as planned. The IRNSS-1F satellite was injected to an elliptical orbit of 284 Km x 20719 Km inclined at an angle of 17.866 degrees to the equator after 19 minutes 14 seconds. The solar panels of the spacecraft were deployed automatically after separation. ISRO's Master Control Facility at Hasan took over the control of the satellite and placed the satellite into a Geostationary orbit at 32.5 degree East longitude. This is the 6th of the seven satellites constituting the space segment of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite system. IRNSS-1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E were the first five satellites of the constellation were successfully launched by PSLV on July 02, 2013, April 04, 2014, October 16, 2014, March 28, 2015 and January 20, 2016 respectively.
The IRNSS is an independent regional navigation system designed to provide position information in the Indian region and 1500 Km around the Indian main land. The IRNSS would provide two types of services namely, Standard positioning services (SPS)- provided to all users and Restricted Services ( RS ) provided to authorized users.
There are a number of ground stations responsible for the generation and transmission of navigation parameters, satellite ranging and monitoring etc. 18 stations have been established across the country.
Here is a video of the PSLV-C32 LAUNCH...
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