Indian Space Research Organisation's workhorse Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle PSLV-C24 placed the IRNSS IB in precise orbit about 19
minutes after a perfect lift-off at 5.14 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space
Centre in Sriharikota.
"PSLV, in its 25th successive successful flight, injected IRNSS-1B very
precisely. I thank the entire ISRO team that made this major milestone
for the country, thus proving again that India's PSLV has a place of
pride," a beaming ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan announced.
The
1,432 kg satellite would form part of the Indian Regional Navigation
Satellite System (IRNSS), an equivalent to Global Positioning System of
the US.
The IRNSS 1B is the second of the seven navigational satellite planned by India under the Rs 1,420 crore IRNSS programme.
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