Isro Launched 7th Navigation Satellite Irnss Ig On

Irnss 1g is the seventh navigation satellite of the seven satellites constituting the irnss space segment.

Isro launched 7th navigation satellite irnss ig on.

Each satellite has a life span of 10 years. The indian space research organisation isro will raise the satellite to its home slot over the next couple of days. Like all other irnss satellites irnss 1g also has a lift off mass. The navigation payload of irnss 1g will transmit signals to the users on the l5 band and s band.

India is slated to put into orbit its seventh and final navigation satellite on april 28 thereby having its full satellite navigation system up in the sky said a senior space agency official. Starting in july 2013 the indian space agency has launched all the seven navigation satellites. The launch of india s seventh and the final in the series of satellites will be on april 28 afternoon. Isro had launched and operationalised other six satellites irnss 1f on march 10 2016 irnss 1e january 20 2016 irnss 1d march 28 2015 irnss 1c october 16 2014 irnss 1b april 4.

The last one was launched on april 28 2016. This is the thirty fourth consecutively successful mission of pslv and the thirteenth in its xl configuration. In its thirty fifth flight pslv c33 isro s polar satellite launch vehicle successfully launched the 1425 kg irnss 1g the seventh satellite in the indian regional navigation satellite system irnss today afternoon april 28 2016 from satish dhawan space centre shar sriharikota.