Mission type | Navigation |
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Operator | ISRO |
COSPAR ID | 2018-035A[1] |
SATCAT no. | 43286[2] |
Mission duration | 10 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | ISRO Satellite Centre Space Applications Centre |
Launch mass | 1,425 kilograms (3,142 lb) |
Dry mass | 600 kilograms (1,300 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 11 April 2018, 22:34 UTC[3] |
Rocket | PSLV-XL PSLV-C41[4] |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan SLP |
Contractor | ISRO |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geosynchronous |
Longitude | 55° E |
Inclination | 29° |
Period | 1450.9 minutes[5] |
IRNSS-1I is an Indian navigational satellite that forms part of the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System. IRNSS-1I is the ninth satellite launched for the IRNSS constellation and one of five IRNSS satellites currently operational.[6] The satellite is intended to replace the failed IRNSS-1A, and complete the constellation of geosynchronous navigation satellites after IRNSS-1H failed to do so. The satellite's assembly, integration and testing is partly done by a consortium of six small firms led by Alpha Design Technologies, a Bengaluru-based aerospace firm under URSC's supervision.[7]