Tag: IRNSS
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India launches first in new generation of navigation satellites
India’s GSLV Mk.2 rocket lifts off Monday with the NVS 01 navigation satellite. Credit: ISRO An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Monday with the first in a new generation of upgraded regional navigation satellites designed to be interoperable with other countries’ global navigation networks. The GSLV Mk.2 rocket deployed the NVS 01 satellite…
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India launches new-generation navigation satellite aboard GSLV
India began deploying its second generation of indigenous navigation satellites Monday, with the launch of a GSLV Mk.II rocket lofting the NVS-01 satellite. Liftoff, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, occurred at 05:12 UTC (10:42 a.m. local time). The Navigation with Indian Constellation, or NavIC, system is a regional satellite navigation network developed by the…
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Photos: Indian rocket makes rare nighttime launch
Lifting off in the predawn hours from India’s island spaceport, a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle added a new navigation satellite to the country’s space-based positioning network this week. The 145-foot-tall (44-meter) PSLV lifted off at 2234 GMT (6:34 p.m. EDT) Wednesday from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India’s east coast. Launch occurred at 4:04…
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Photos: PSLV poised for navigation satellite launch
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle sits on its launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center on the country’s eastern coastline, awaiting blastoff with the IRNSS 1I navigation satellite. These photos show the 145-foot-tall (44-meter) four-stage rocket, boosted by six strap-on solid rocket motors, on the First Launch Pad at the Indian spaceport in Sriharikota…
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ISRO launches for second time in two weeks
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 2234 GMT (6:34 p.m. EDT; 4:04 a.m. local time) from Sriharikota Island on India’s east coast. This image shows insulation panels falling away from the rocket at liftoff, as planned. Credit: ISRO Riding a column of red-hot rocket exhaust, an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle fired into…
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Live coverage: India’s PSLV climbs into space with navigation satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with the IRNSS 1I navigation satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at approximately 2200 GMT (6:00 p.m. EDT) and will be available on this page. If you appreciate what we do, please consider becoming a…
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Indian navigation satellite stranded on rocket after launch
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off Thursday with the IRNSS 1H navigation satellite. Credit: ISRO An Indian navigation satellite remained stuck to its launcher after climbing into orbit Thursday when the rocket’s aerodynamic payload shroud failed to jettison as planned several minutes after liftoff, dealing the country’s workhorse booster its first total failure since…
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Indian PSLV launch with IRNSS replacement satellite suffers apparent failure
ISRO launched a PSLV Thursday carrying a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) constellation. The IRNSS-1H satellite launched on schedule from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 19:00 local time (13:30 UTC). However, the launch profile was off-nominal and the fairing failed to separate leading…
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Indian PSLV launch with IRNSS replacement satellite suffers apparent failure
ISRO launched a PSLV Thursday carrying a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) constellation. The IRNSS-1H satellite launched on schedule from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 19:00 local time (13:30 UTC). However, the launch profile was off-nominal and the fairing failed to separate leading…
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Indian launch rounds out domestic navigation network
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle takes off Thursday with India’s seventh navigation satellite. Credit: ISRO India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle blasted off Thursday with the seventh and final spacecraft for a regional navigation network to provide position data to users across the subcontinent independent of foreign satellite systems. The PSLV took off from the First…