GNSS

29 May

India plans to have more 2nd Gen NavIC satellites

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), May 29 (IANS) The Indian space agency is planning to have five more of the second generation navigation satellites at an outlay of about Rs 1,000 crore as part of its NavIC system, said a senior official. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday morning will be launching the first of its second generation navigation satellites called NVS-01. "Five more of this version of NVS are planned now. Two more are needed after 2 to 3 years to take care of the end of life of present ones," the official told IANS. According to him, the cost…

28 May

Countdown for launch of ‘Indian GPS’ satellite begins

Chennai, May 28 (IANS) The countdown for the Monday morning flight of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket carrying India's first second generation navigation satellite NVS-01 began at 7.12 a.m. on Sunday, said an official of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Interestingly, for the first time, an indigenous rubidium atomic clock developed by ISRO's Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad will be flown in NVS-01. Simply put, the NavIC an acronym for Navigation with Indian Constellation (formerly with a long winding name Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System IRNSS) is similar to the GPS (Global Positioning System) of the US, Glonass of Russia…