ISRO gears up with replacement satellite
Posted on: 29/Aug/2017 11:33:48 AM
On 31st August, the Indian Space Research Organization will be launching a new navigation satellite. The IRNSS-1A was a failure because lack of 3 atomic clocks all of which are important in providing positional information to the earth. The IRNSS-1H will serve as an alternative to IRNSS-1A. The ISRO’s workhorse rocket PSLV-C39 will serve as the launching board for this. This navigation satellite will be augmenting the 7 satellites of NavIC constellation, said an ISRO statement.
In the beginning of 2017, announcements from ISRO stated that there was malfunctioning of 3 rubidium atomic frequency standard clocks (RAFS clocks) on IRNSS 1A which is the first among the 7 IRNSS satellites. To note, these were launched on 1st July 2013.
Originally, the IRSO had indented for 9 IRNSS satellites that costed Rs 1,420 crore. This was to service the global positioning data needs.
