IRNSS-1A
Sign in to saveIRNSS-1A is the first navigational satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) series of satellites been placed in geosynchronous orbit.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.auto
- all
- Spaceflight.name
- IRNSS-1A
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Navigation
- Spaceflight.operator
- ISRO
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2013-034A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 39199
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- Planned: 10 yearsElapsed:
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- I-1K
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- ISRO Satellite CentreSpace Applications Centre
- Spaceflight.power
- 1,660 watts
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- PSLV-XL C22
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Satish Dhawan FLP
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- ISRO
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- 22 January 2015, 16:27:41 UTC
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Geosynchronous
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 29.3°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 1436.1 minutes
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Satellite
- Launch
- Partial Failure
- See also
- References
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IRNSS-1A is the first navigational satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) series of satellites been placed in geosynchronous orbit.
==Satellite== The satellite has been developed at a cost of , and was launched on 1 July 2013. It will provide IRNSS services to the Indian public, which would be a system similar to Global Positioning System (GPS) but only for India and the region around it.
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