PSLV-C32 successfully launches India's sixth Navigation Satellite IRNSS-1F

This is the thirty third consecutively successful mission of PSLV and the twelfth in its 'XL' configuration, read an official statement.

"After PSLV-C32 lift-off at 1601 hrs (4:01 pm) IST from the Second Launch Pad with the ignition of the first stage, the subsequent important flight events, namely, strap-on ignitions and separations, first stage separation, second stage ignition, heat-shield separation, second stage
separation, third stage ignition and separation, fourth stage ignition and satellite injection, took place as planned," read the statement.

"After a flight of 19 minutes 34 seconds, IRNSS-1F Satellite was injected to an elliptical orbit of 284 km X 20,719 km inclined at an angle of 17.866 degree to the equator (very close to the intended orbit) and successfully separated from the PSLV fourth stage. After separation, the solar panels of IRNSS-1F were deployed automatically. ISRO's Master Control Facility (MCF at Hassan, Karnataka) took over the control of the satellite," it said.

In the coming days, four orbit manoeuvres will be conducted from MCF to position the satellite in the Geostationary Orbit at 32.5 deg East longitude.

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 2, 2013, Apr 04, 2014, Oct 16, 2014, Mar 28, 2015 and Jan 20, 2016 respectively.

All the five satellites are functioning satisfactorily from their designated orbital positions.