Isro Launches India S 4th Navigation Satellite
Irnss 1e spacecraft integrated with pslv c31 source.
Isro launches india s 4th navigation satellite. It covers india and a region extending 1 500 km. The 1 425 kg satellite was launched at exactly 5 19 pm. India successfully put its fourth navigation satellite into orbit in copy book style on saturday bringing the country a step closer to having its own satellite navigation system. Irnss 1e is the fifth navigation satellite of the seven satellites constituting the indian regional navigation satellite system irnss.
The indian space research organisation isro on saturday successfully launched india s latest navigation satellite the indian regional navigation satellite system irnss 1d from the satish dhawan space centre at sriharikota. As per reports the lift off originally scheduled for march 9 was postponed after an anomaly was found in a. Also nāvik sailor or navigator in sanskrit and many other indian languages is an autonomous regional satellite navigation system that provides accurate real time positioning and timing services. This is the first launch after a s kiran kumar took over as chairman of isro.
This is the twenty eighth consecutively successful mission of the pslv. The xl configuration of pslv was used for this mission. Isro s polar satellite launch vehicle pslv c27 successfully launched the 1425 kg irnss 1d the fourth satellite in the indian regional navigation satellite system irnss today evening march 28 2015 from satish dhawan space centre shar sriharikota. It has a lift.
The indian space research organisation isro on saturday successfully launched india s fourth navigation satellite. A screenshot of the launch video of isro s navigation satellie courtesy. Jayaraman march 30 2015. Isro plans to launch fourth navigation satellite on march 28.
Isro india is set to operationalise its own navigational system with the succesful launch of irnss 1d the fourth in the series of seven navigational satellites onboard pslv c27 from sriharikota on saturday. We are planning to launch. The polar satellite launch vehicle pslv in its twenty ninth flight pslv c27 carried irnss 1d. The indian regional navigation satellite system irnss with an operational name of navic acronym for navigation with indian constellation.
India is likely to put into orbit its fourth regional navigation satellite on march 28 with the country s space agency now in the. In a post launch update isro said the initial orbit raising maneuver was successfully completed march 30 raising. India launches fourth navigation satellite by k s.