Indian
Regional Navigation Satellite
System (IRNSS)
Presentation By
Mr. [Link] Rao
Project Director, IRNSS
ISRO Satellite Centre,
Airport Road,
Bangalore.
IRNSS
IRNSS Refers to Indian Regional Navigation Satellite
System.
IRNSS is an independent Navigation Satellite System
providing services in the Indian Region.
IRNSS is being implemented by the Indian Space
Research Organisation.
The project is being managed by the lead centre viz.,
ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore with support from the
other work centres viz., Space Application Centre,
Ahmedabad, ISTRAC, Bangalore, MCF, Hassan, VSSC,
Thiruvananthapuram.
IRNSS Applications
IRNSS provides fairly good accuracy and the whole
constellation is seen all the time. There are plans to send
integrity and ionospheric correction messages to the user.
A variety of applications taking the benefit of above will
be catered by IRNSS.
In view of the independent nature of the constellation it is
planned to cater to specialized users.
IRNSS Elements
Space Segment
Ground Segment
User Segment
IRNSS Configuration
Space Segment
Space Segment consists of Seven satellites
3 Satellites in Geo-Stationary orbit at 34°, 83° and 132°
East.
4 Satellites in GEO Synchronous orbit placed at
inclination of 29° with Longitude crossing at 55° and 111°
East.
The Satellites are specially configured for the Navigation.
IRNSS Satellites are to be launched by the Indian
launcher PSLV.
Design Considerations for
Constellation
Minimizing the Maximum Dilution of precision
“DOP” in the coverage region.
Minimum satellite constellation
Orbital slots for India
IRNSS CONSTELLATION
IRNSS Coverage and Position
Accuracy
The intended service area for IRNSS is primarily the
Indian Land Mass. The service area for IRNSS is in
general specified as between longitude 40 deg East to
140 deg east and between latitude ± 40 deg.
IRNSS system provides the Dual frequency user with a
targeted position accuracy less than 20 meters in the
coverage area.
Availability and Maximum HDOP for IRNSS
Ground Segment
IRNSS Ranging & Integrity Monitoring stations (IRIM)
Receive the data from the GEOs and GSOs.
Transmit the data to Navigation Control Centre.
Facilitate One way ranging of the GEOs & GSOs.
IRNSS Navigation Control Center(INC)
Estimate and predict Ephemeris
Calculate corrections for SV Clock & Maintain IRNSS time
Determine Ionospheric corrections
Determine Integrity
Transmit the Clock and Ephemeris Corrections to the TTC
Stations for Uplinking to the Satellites
Ground Segment contd
Spacecraft Control Centre (SCC)
Manage and maintain the Satellite Constellation
IRNSS Telemetry and Command stations
Receiving telemetry from the IRNSS constellation.
Telecommand the IRNSS constellation.
Uplinking Navigation updates
CDMA Ranging Stations
Facilitate accurate ranging of IRNSS Satellite and send the data to
the Navigation Control Centre.
IRNSS SERVICES
Service Type Signals Frequency
Band
Standard Positioning 1.023 Mcps L5(1191.795Mhz)
Service S(2491.005Mhz)
Precise Positioning 10.23 Mcps L5
Service S
Restricted Services for 10.23 Mcps L5
Special Users
S Band frequency
L Band : 2491.75 MHz
Frequency:11
USER Segment
The user segment consists of a specially designed dual frequency receiver.
Several types of receivers are planned with single and dual frequency
reception. Single frequency receivers may be provided with capability to
receive ionospheric corrections.
The user receiver may receive other constellations in addition to IRNSS.
All the seven IRNSS satellites will be continuously tracked by the user
receiver.
The user receiver will have minimum G/T of -27 dB/K similar to GPS user
receiver.
PAYLOAD SPECIFICATIONS
Parameters Unit Specifications
L-Band S-Band C-Band
Transmit Frequency MHz 1191.795±12 2491.005±8.25 3400-3425
Receive Frequency MHz - - 6700-6725
Polarization RHCP RHCP RHCP/LHCP
EIRP (EOC) dBW 30.5 35.5 19.0
G/T dB/oK - - -12
Beam width global global global
Antenna Gain (EOC) dB 15.8 16 16
Data Rate bps 50 50
Code Rate Mcps 1.023/10.23 1.023 (TBD) 10
Modulation / Access BPSK/BOC / BPSK / CDMA BPSK/CDMA
scheme CDMA
CLOCK SOURCE-1 CLOCK SOURCE-2 CLOCK SOURCE-3
(M) (M) (R)
40W SSPA
CLOCK GENERATION & CLOCK GENERATION & L5 Band
DISTRIBUTION UNIT (M) DISTRIBUTION UNIT (R) SSPA (M)
L & S-BAND
GLOBAL
L5 BPSK L5 Band U/C COVERAGE
Modulator (M) S (M) H L5 Band B ANTENNA
C W Y SSPA (R)
10.23 MHz O
P
L5 BPSK L5 Band U/C B
D F
E
Modulator (R) (R)
NSGU (M)
Upload Data Memory Frame Formatter &
C
Spreading Code Generator Error Correction Code
Control Signal Generator Timing Data Generator L5 BPSK O
Encryption Unit D L5 Band U/C L5 Band B M
AutoNAV Data Generator A Modulator (M) S (M) H
T SSPA (M) P B
A W Y
L5 BPSK B
F
L5 Band U/C I
R Modulator (R) (R)
O N
U
E
NSGU (R) T
I R
N
G L5 BOC L5 Band U/C B
Modulator (M) L5 Band
S (M) H P
U SSPA (M)
W Y F
N
I L5 BOC L5 Band U/C B
T Modulator (R) (R)
L5 Band
SSPA (R) BPF
FREQUENCY GENERATION UNIT
(M) S Band U/C
TO S Band BPSK S Band DRIVER
SUBSYSTEMS Modulator (M) S (M) S TWTA 120W
S
FREQUENCY GENERATION UNIT W W W
S Band BPSK S Band U/C S Band DRIVER
(R) Modulator (R) TWTA 120W
(R)
NAV DATA 3400-3425 MHz NAVIGATION PAYLOAD
UPLOADED
THROUGH TTC
C-BAND C-BAND
Rx GLOBAL HORN ANTENNA Tx GLOBAL HORN ANTENNA
RECEIVER (M) 5W SSPA
S BPF
PSF
W
5W SSPA 3400-3425 MHZ
RECEIVER (R)
6700-6725 MHz
RANGING PAYLOAD
PAYLOAD CONFIGURATION OF IRNSS
TYPICAL USER LINK
USER D/L S-
S-BAND USER D/L L5-
L5-BAND
Frequency (MHz) 2491.005 Frequency (MHz) 1191.795
Power (W) 120 Transmit Power (W) 40.00
Satellite EIRP (dBW) 35.29 Satellite EIRP (dBW) 30.32
Terminal G/T (dB/k)15 El -27 Terminal G/T (dB/k)15 El. -27
Path loss (dB) -192.54 Path loss (dB) -186.13
Atm.
Atm. & other loss (dB) -0.30 Atm.
Atm. & other loss (dB) -1
Received Power (dBw) -157.55 Received Power (dBw) -156.81
Received PSD (dBw/m2) -127.87 Received PSD (dBw/m2) -132.84
C/No/Carrier (dBHz) 44.05 C/No/Carrier (dBHz) 44.79
IRNSS Schedule
The first Satellite will be launched by mid 2009.
The next three satellites will be launched by end of 2010.
The entire constellation will be in place by 2011.
THANK YOU
