ISRO to launch India's GPS based satellite IRNSS 1C on October 16

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ISRO will launch the third of seven series of satellites to put in place India's own navigation system on par with US' Global Positioning System (GPS) from the spaceport of Sriharikota on October 10.

The launch has been scheduled at 1:56 AM on October 10, ISRO said on Friday.

The IRNSS 1C satellite would be launched on the 28th flight of India's PSLV-C26 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, some 100 km from here.


As part of its aspirations to build a regional navigational system equivalent to Global Positioning System of the US, ISRO plans to send seven satellites to put in place the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS).

The first two satellites in the series, IRNSS 1A and IRNSS 1B were launched from Sriharikota on July 1 2013 and April 4 this year respectively.

ISRO needs to launch at least four of the seven satellites to start operations of the IRNSS, ISRO officials said.

Being developed by India, IRNSS is designed to provide accurate position information service to users in the country as well as the region extending upto 1,500 km from its boundary, which is its primary service area.


ISRO to launch IRNSS 1C on October 10 - IBNLive

 

[THAKUR]

SRIHARIKOTA: Enhancing India's presence in outer space, Isro successfully launched IRNSS 1C, the third member of the seven satellite constellation of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), in the wee hours of Thursday.

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) - C26, carrying IRNSS IC, lifted off from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 1.32am.

The satellite detached from the launch vehicle about 20 minutes after the launch at an altitude of 499.63km soaring with a velocity of 9604.87 metre per second.

Initially, the satellite was put into a sub- geosynchronous transfer orbit with a 284 km perigee (nearest point to Earth) and 20,650 apogee (farthest point from Earth). Later, it was lifted to a geo-stationary orbit.

The satellite, which is similar in composition to its predecessors 1A and 1B, carries navigation and ranging payloads.

It will play a vital role in the IRNSS operations right from guiding drivers on city roads to aerial navigation, disaster management, mapping and surveillance activities.

Isro successfully launches navigation satellite IRNSS 1C - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site

 

[Akash Modi]

MUMBAI: ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C26, successfully launched IRNSS-1C, the third satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) at 0132 hours IST from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. This is the twenty seventh consecutively successful mission of PSLV. The 'XL' configuration of PSLV was used for this mission. Previously, the same configuration of the vehicle was successfully used six times.
After the lift-off of PSLV-C26 with the ignition of the first stage, the important flight events; stage and strap-on ignitions, heat-shield separation, stage and strap-on separations and satellite injection, took place as planned. After a flight of about 20 minutes 18 seconds, IRNSS-1C Satellite, weighing 1425 kg, was injected to an elliptical orbit of 282.56 km X 20,670 km, which is very close to the intended orbit.
After injection, the solar panels of IRNSS-1C were deployed automatically. ISRO's Master Control Facility at Hassan, Karnataka assumed the control of the satellite. In the coming days, four orbit maneuvers will be conducted from Master Control Facility to position the satellite in the Geostationary Orbit at 83 deg East longitude.

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