The country will start realizing its dream of an indigenous Global Positioning System (GPS) on June 12. The first of seven satellites, which are part of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, will be launched from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, in the early hours that day.
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chief K Radhakrishnan announced the launch programme on Tuesday after inaugurating the navigation centre at the Indian Deep Space Network at Byalalu, about 40 km from Bangalore. The satellite will be launched using the polar satellite launch vehicle, PSLV-C22, he added.
Once all seven satellites are launched to form a constellation in space, India will join China and Europe to create its own version of the American GPS. There will be a continuous flow of information on location and time in all weather conditions for the country. The system is designed to provide position accuracy of better than 10 metres across India and a region extending about 1500 km beyond our borders.
Radhakrishnan said the facility at Byalalu will also play a key role in the country’s maiden satellite launch programme to Mars.
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chief K Radhakrishnan announced the launch programme on Tuesday after inaugurating the navigation centre at the Indian Deep Space Network at Byalalu, about 40 km from Bangalore. The satellite will be launched using the polar satellite launch vehicle, PSLV-C22, he added.
Once all seven satellites are launched to form a constellation in space, India will join China and Europe to create its own version of the American GPS. There will be a continuous flow of information on location and time in all weather conditions for the country. The system is designed to provide position accuracy of better than 10 metres across India and a region extending about 1500 km beyond our borders.
Radhakrishnan said the facility at Byalalu will also play a key role in the country’s maiden satellite launch programme to Mars.
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And the time has come for India to own a Regional Navigation Satellite System ... YES ... it happened on 2nd July 2013. I read here that the satellite Weighing 3141lb, IRNSS-1A is the first of the seven satellites in the space segment of the IRNSS, so there are more 6 satellites to be launched. Also this is the 23rd consecutive successful launch of PSLV by ISRO ... Being an Indian feels me proud ... :-)
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