ProMASS News Bureau: Jan 20, 2016:
The Indian Space Research Organization ISRO has successfully launched the fifth satellite of its regional navigation system, the IRNSS 1E, this morning. The highly versatile launch vehicle PSLV-C31 lifted off from the second launch pad of the nation’s spaceport at Sriharikotta, at 9-hours, 31 minutes. It inserted the 1425 kg satellite in its intended sub-geosynchronous orbit in 19 minutes, 30 seconds, precisely as planned.
This is the 32nd successively successful flight for the PSLV, which took off today in its extended version. Its passenger is the fifth in the series of seven satellites aimed at providing seamless flow of accurate information about the position of objects on land, air and sea. ISRO chairman A.S.Kiran Kumar congratulated the scientists for the success. The navigation system IRNSS is expected to help multimodal transport and disaster mitigation efforts in addition to providing accurate mapping services for common users.
