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Indian rocket on thursday successfully launched with the country’s sixth navigation satellite 'IRNSS-1F' from the rocket port Sriharikota(Andhra Pradesh). When rocket went up, its engine roar reverberated over the media centre like a rolling thunder much to the thrill of the people here. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-XL version standing 44.4 metres tall and weighing 320 tonnes tore into the evening sky at 4.01 pm, breaking free of the earth’s gravitational pull. Named the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), the system consists of a constellation of seven satellites, of which five (IRNSS-1A, IRNSS-1B, IRNSS-1C, IRNSS-1D and IRNSS-1E) have already been put into orbit.
The sixth satellite IRNSS-1F weighing 1,425 kg is expected to join the other five soon. Just over 20 minutes into the flight, the rocket would put into orbit IRNSS-1F at an altitude 488.9 km. The satellite’s life span is 12 years, navigation system will cost about INR 1,400 crore. ISRO says the system will have an error margin of no more than 20 metres.
s1,400 crore. ISRO says the system will have an error margin of no more than 20 metres.