ISRO NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE 6th IRNSS

• ISRO launched the 6th satellite of the IRNSS system on March 10, 2016
• This was the 34th flight of PSLV and 12th with the ‘XL’ configuration in PSLV
• ISRO’s Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan, Karnataka will control the satellite
• The satellite has a life of about 12 years
• All previous five satellites have been put in place and functioning properly
• IRNSS-1G will be launched in April 2016 which will complete the constellation of 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, were successfully launched by PSLV on July 02, 2013, April 04, 2014, October 16, 2014, March 28, 2015 and January 20, 2016 respectively.

 IRNSS-1G, the remaining satellite of this constellation, is scheduled to be launched by PSLV in April 2016, thereby completing the IRNSS constellation.