Mission type | Navigation |
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Operator | ISRO |
COSPAR ID | 2014-017A |
SATCAT no. | 39635 |
Website | http://www.isro.org/pslv-c24/mission.aspx |
Mission duration | 10 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | I-1K |
Manufacturer | ISRO Satellite Centre Space Applications Centre |
Launch mass | 1,432 kilograms (3,157 lb) |
Power | 1,660 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 4 April 2014, 11:44 UTC |
Rocket | PSLV-XL C24 |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan FLP |
Contractor | ISRO |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geosynchronous |
Longitude | 55° East |
Perigee altitude | 35,714 km (22,192 mi)[1] |
Apogee altitude | 35,870 km (22,290 mi)[1] |
Inclination | 30.57 degrees[1] |
Period | 1436.010 minutes[1] |
Epoch | 25 January 2015, 01:32:48 UTC[1] |
IRNSS-1B is the second out of seven in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) series of satellites after IRNSS-1A.[2] The IRNSS constellation of satellites is slated to be launched to provide navigational services to the region. It was placed in geosynchronous orbit on 4 April 2014.[3][4]
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