ISRO bracing up for Chandrayaan 2 post successful IRNSS-1I launch: 10 facts

The IRNSS satellites are capable of tracking navigation up to 1,500 km from the Indian mainland. This means it covers large tracts of Pakistan too

The Indian Space Research Organisation on Thursday successfully launched the navigation satellite IRNSS1I.  

The PSLV-C41/IRNSS-1I Mission blasted off at 4.04 am from the first launch pad at the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre. It was a normal lift-off, ISRO officials said.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)Chairman K Sivan described the mission as a success and congratulated the scientists.

He said IRNSS-1I was successfully placed in the designated orbit.

The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) is a constellation of seven satellites that provides indigenously developed regional GPS services called NavIC.

IRNSS-1I is expected to replace IRNSS-1A, the first of the