Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its indigenous second Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, IRNSS 1-B from space port at Sriharikota. According to ISRO officials launch of the satellite is scheduled at 5.14 pm on April 4.
Twenty Sixth flight of PSlV, which carried Chadrayaan-1, GSAT-12, and Mangalyaan or Mars Orbiter Spacecraft mission would be carrying IRNSS1-B. The indigenous satellite will reduce India’s dependence on GPS used by the United States and the Russian GlONASS. This is the second of the seven satellites planned for Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS). It will be launched into a sub Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. The IRNSS-1B satellite with a design life span of 10 years will be part of the seven-satellite Indian regional navigational system. The first navigational satellite IRNSS-1A was launched in July 2013.