The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched
its fifth regional navigation satellite system, the IRNSS-1E. The satellite
system was launchpad from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra
Pradesh with the mission of positioning the IRNSS-1E into its orbit.
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The IRNSS is an independent regional navigation satellite
system that has been made in India. It offers precise position information
service to Indian users along with regions covering up to 1500 km from its
boundary. It provides two types of services – Standard Positioning Service and
Restricted Service. The first one is for all users while the second one is only
for authorised users.
The satellite will also offer a position accuracy of 20 m in
the primary service area and has a space segment and a ground segment. The
space segment comprises of seven satellites - three satellites in geostationary
orbit and four satellites in inclined geosynchronous orbit. Whereas, the ground
segment comprises of navigation parameter generation and transmission,
satellite control, ranging and integrity monitoring as well as timekeeping.