Isro Launched 7th Navigation Satellite Irnss Ig On

Like all other irnss satellites irnss 1g also has a lift off mass.

Isro launched 7th navigation satellite irnss ig on.

This is the thirty fourth consecutively successful mission of pslv and the thirteenth in its xl configuration. The irnss 1g indian regional navigation satellite system 1g will be put into orbit by. Irnss 1g is the seventh navigation satellite of the seven satellites constituting the irnss space segment. 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.

Its predecessors irnss 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e and 1f were launched by pslv c22 pslv c24 pslv c26 pslv c27 pslv c31 and pslv c32 in july 2013 april 2014 october 2014 march 2015 january 2016 and march 2016 respectively. The launch of india s seventh and the final in the series of satellites will be on april 28 afternoon. Starting in july 2013 the indian space agency has launched all the seven navigation satellites. The satellite with a life span of 12 years has two payloads for navigation and ranging.

The indian space research organisation isro will raise the satellite to its home slot over the next couple of days. The last one was launched on april 28 2016. 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.