Brahmand NewsPrevious Article
Brahmand NewsNext Article

'All seven satellites of IRNSS to be in orbit by March 2016'


A file photo.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (PTI): All seven satellites of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), will be in orbit by March next year, ISRO Chairman A S Kiran said here on Thursday.

"By March next year, all seven satellites of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System will be in orbit," he said on the sidelines of an award presentation function here.

IRNSS will provide India with its own Global Positioning System, he said.

The IRNSS constellation has seven satellites in all and four are already in orbit.

Kumar said the three remaining IRNSS satellites IRNSS 1E, 1F and 1G - will be launched in January, February and March respectively.

He said the GSAT-15 communication satellite would be launched on board an Ariane-5 rocket of Arianespace the European multinational space agency based in France on November 10.

ISRO also planned to scale up missions using the GSLV Mk-II rocket to twice a year from 2016 onwards, he added.

Kumar said ISRO would launch six satellites for Singapore in December and added that the Chandrayan 2 mission would be in 2018.

"ISRO is well equipped to meet the challenges in space sector," he said.

Tags:

India  ISRO  IRNSS  2016  

Other Related News

ISRO develops 10-tonne propellant mixer for solid motors

ISRO today said it has developed and realised the ten-tonne propellant mixer for solid motors. Solid propulsion plays a crucial role in Indian Space Transportation Systems and vertical mixer is one of the critical equipment in solid motor production, ISRO said.

BRAHMOS Missile Systems

Headlines

Brahmand World Defence Update 2024

Brahmand World Defence Update

Image Gallery

Main Menu
 Comment TagsColor of comment tags right next to article titles Links ColorColor of Hyperlinks Background ColorBackground color & image
Background TextureChoose Background Texture