Question: Name the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle which launched the sixth satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) on 10 March 2016?
(a) PSLV-C30
(b) PSLV-C31
(c) PSLV-C32
(d) PSLV-C29
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- 10 March 2016 ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C32, successfully launched the 1,425 kg IRNSS-1F, the sixth satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS).
- IRNSS-1F is the sixth of the seven satellites constituting the space segment of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. IRNSS-1A, 1B, 1C, ID and IE, the first five satellites of the constellation.
- IRNSS-1F was launched by PSLV-C32 into a sub Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (sub GTO) at 16:01 hrs (IST) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.
- This is the thirty third consecutively successful mission of PSLV overall thirty fourth flight and the twelfth in its ‘XL’ configuration.
- IRNSS -1F carries two types of payloads – navigation payload and ranging payload.
- Navigation payload will be operating in L5 band and S band. A highly accurate Rubidium atomic clock is part of the navigation payload of the satellite Where as the ranging payload of IRNSS-1F consists of a C-band transponder
- IRNSS-1F also carries Corner Cube Retro Reflectors for laser ranging.
- IRNSS-1G, the remaining satellite of this constellation, is scheduled to be launched by PSLV in April 2016, thereby completing the IRNSS constellation.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137694
http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irnss-1f
http://www.isro.gov.in/update/10-mar-2016/pslv-c32-successfully-launches-indias-sixth-navigation-satellite-irnss-1f
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/pslvc32-lifts-off-with-navigation-satellite-irnss1f/article8336628.ece