India's sixth navigation satellite launched successfully
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated ISRO scientists on the successful launch of IRNSS1F into the orbit. He said, "Successful launch of IRNSS-1F is an accomplishment we all take immense pride in. I salute the hardwork of our scientists & ISRO".
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The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System - IRNSS-1F- with a design life span of 12 years has two payloads for navigation and ranging, according to reports.
The rocket was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre of the Sriharikota space-port, about 110 km from Chennai
The satellite is expected to provide accurate navigation services and augment the regional global positioning system.
The navigation payload of IRNSS-1F will transmit navigation service signals to users and will be operating in the L5-band and S-band. The navigation payload also includes a highly accurate rubidium atomic clock.
The ranging payload of IRNSS-1F consists of a C-band transponder (automatic receivers and transmitters of radio signals) which facilitates accurate determination of the range of the satellite.
ISRO has assured that the satellite will have less than 20 metre of accuracy.
Prior to the launch on Thursday, India has launched five regional navigational satellites (IRNSS-1A, 1B, 1C, ID and 1E) of the planned launching of seven satellites.
The 44.4 metre, 320 tonne rocket, formally called the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-32 (PSLV C-32) has been dubbed a 'workhorse' by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Between January 2013 and December 2015, the PSLV has launched a total of 28 international customer satellites belonging to 9 countries viz. Austria (2), Canada (5), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), Singapore (7), UK (6), and USA (4).
These satellites were launched onboard India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) under the commercial arrangement entered into between Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of ISRO and the international customer.
Antrix has earned revenue of 80.6 million Euros through launching of these 28 international customer satellites.
The Cryogenic Rocket Development Programme is funded by the Government.
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