Any idea on launch timeline? Probably after GSLV Mk3 X1?
What is the typical turn-around time required for the First Launch Pad, involving all the cleaning, maintenance works and assembling of a new rocket? 2-3 months?
1C would be followed by 1D. Going by the recent/upcoming mission timelines and Oct/Nov cyclone period, this might get delayed to early Jan next year.
Before every satellite is sent up, the launch pad needs a 45-day pre-launch ‘campaign' and a 15-day post-launch refurbishing of burnt-out systems.
"The launch campaign for IRNSS 1D has come, which starts on January 16. Within two months, all components from other ISRO labs have to reach Sriharikota. The launch is likely after March 15," a senior ISRO official told PTI.
The other launches also relate to the IRNSS series with the IRNSS1E and IRNSS1-F satellites to be launched before the year end, he said.
The 59-hour countdown for the launch of IRNSS 1D satellite, which will help India kick-start functioning of indigenous navigation system on a par with the U.S.’ Global Positioning System (GPS), will commence at 7.35 am on March 7The launch is scheduled at the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota at 6.35 p.m. on March 9, a senior ISRO official told The Hindu.
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/countdown-to-irnss-1d-on-march-7/article6949915.eceQuoteThe 59-hour countdown for the launch of IRNSS 1D satellite, which will help India kick-start functioning of indigenous navigation system on a par with the U.S.’ Global Positioning System (GPS), will commence at 7.35 am on March 7The launch is scheduled at the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota at 6.35 p.m. on March 9, a senior ISRO official told The Hindu.