In a precise textbook launch, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C 31 blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) here, about 110 km from Chennai at 9.31 AM and released the satellite into the orbit 19 minutes and 20 seconds later.
President Pranab Mukherjee congratulated the ISRO team on the launch.
"Heartiest congratulations to ISRO team on the successful launch," he said.
"Congratulating the dynamism & determination of @isro & our scientists on successful launch of PSLV C31 & putting IRNSS-1E in orbit precisely", he said on twitter.
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"Spoke to the scientists at @isro & congratulated them on their accomplishment today. Our scientists keep making us proud", Modi said.
IRNSS-1E is the fifth navigation satellite in the IRNSS space system, comprising seven satellites, which would be on par with US-based GPS once the full complement of spacecraft is launched.
As the rocket soared into the clear blue sky at the end of the 48 hour countdown, all the four stages of PSLV executed their functions as programmed, to the joy of ISRO scientists at the mission control centre.
The Master Control Facility in Hassan (Karnataka) would then take control of the satellite to perform orbit raising operations.
Congratulating the ISRO team for the success of the
launch, a beaming ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar said, "Today with this new year we are starting the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite fifth launch, fifth of the seven satellite constellation. With this satellite in place, within our country we will be able to get 24/7 provisional a good positional accuracy".
"Let me congratulate the entire ISRO team for the work they have done and we are having a long way to go. We have got two more satellites to be launched in this constellation, which would happen in next couple of months", he said from the Mission Control Centre.
He said the ISRO scientists intended to complete this year the launch of GSLV-Mark III which will carry heavier satellites into geo-stationery transfer orbits.
"And, we have a long way to go. And I would like to remind all my colleagues, while we have started the new year with success, we need to dedicate ourselves for completing the task on hand", he said.
"With this, the uniqueness is 11,11,11. The core alone version 11xL variant is 11 and generic variant is 11. It is first Mission for ISRO in new year", Jayakumar said.
IRNSS-1E has configuration similar to its predecessors IRNSS-1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and carries two types of payloads -- navigation and ranging payloads.
IRNSS-1E has a lift-off mass of 1,425 kg and carries Corner Cube Retro Reflectors for laser ranging and a highly accurate rubidium atomic clock (also part of the navigation payload of the satellite).
The four satellites already launched include IRNSS-1A on July 1, 2013, IRNSS-1B on April 4, 2014, IRNSS-1C on October 16, 2014, IRNSS-1D on March 28, 2015.
ISRO scientists plan to put all the seven navigation satellites in to the orbit by March 2016.