India on
Wednesday successfully launched its fifth navigation satellite ‘IRNSS-1E’
on-board the workhorse PSLV-C31 here, taking another step to join a group of
nations equipped with their own satellite navigation systems like the US-based
Global Positioning System. In a precise textbook launch, the Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle C 31 blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre
here, about 110 km from Chennai at 9.31 am and released the satellite into the
orbit 19 minutes and 20 seconds later.
President
Pranab Mukherjee congratulated the ISRO team on the launch and heartily
congratulated to ISRO team on the successful launch. Lauding the dynamism
and determination of ISRO scientists,
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi said on twitter that they have made our country proud.
Congratulating the dynamism & determination of ISRO & Our scientists on
successful launch of PSLV C31 & putting IRNSS-1E in orbit
precisely. Spoke to the scientists of ISRO and Congratulated them on their
accomplishment today.
IRNSS-1E
is the fifth navigation satellite in the IRNSS space system, comprising seven
satellites.
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