Bangalore: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been dispatched to French Guiana onboard a chartered An-124 cargo plane. On arrival it was transported from Félix Eboué Airport near Cayenne to the Arianespace Spaceport’s payload preparation facilities. The satellite is scheduled to be launched on Ariane 5 rocket designated Flight VA214 in Arianespace’s numbering system. [...]
ISRO delivers INSAT-3D to French Guiana for Arine 5 launch
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India’s regional GPS IRNSS gets a navigation centre
Bangalore: Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), a constellation of seven spacecrafts which will act as India’s own Global Positioning System has now got a navigation centre at Byalalu. Other than civilian application, IRNSS will present as an alternative to global GPS, Galileo and GLONASS for the Indian defence users. “INC will host several key [...]
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