NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

IRNSS-1G

Launch Time
Thu Apr 28, 2016 07:20 UTC

Rocket

PSLV-XL
ISRO
Status: Active
Price: $31.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,661 kN
Payload to LEO: 3,250 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,410 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 6
Rocket Height: 44.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.2 m
Fairing Height: 8.3 m

Mission Details

IRNSS-1G

IRNSS-1G was the seventh and final of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) series of satellites after IRNSS-1A, IRNSS-1B, IRNSS-1C, IRNSS-1D, IRNSS-1E and IRNSS-1F.

The NVS, previously IRNSS, constellation is not a global positioning constellation, like GPS, GLONASS, Galileo or Beidou-3, but a regional one, similar to the Chinese Beidou-1 and 2, or the Japanese QZSS, serving only the Indian sub-continent. IRNSS satellites have two payloads: a navigation payload and CDMA ranging payload in addition with a laser retro-reflector. The payload generates navigation signals at L5 and S-band. The design of the payload makes the IRNSS system inter-operable and compatible with Global Positioning System (GPS) and Galileo systems. The satellite is powered by two solar arrays, which generate up to 1,660 watts, and has a life-time of ten years.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,425.0 kg
Geosynchronous Orbit

Location

First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Stats

2016

27th orbital launch attempt

Indian Space Research Organisation

53rd mission
3rd mission of 2016
41st successful mission
21st consecutive successful mission

PSLV

35th mission
3rd mission of 2016
33rd successful mission
31st consecutive successful mission