India launches 1st navigation satellite
Posted by: Avirup Basu
Dept: Technology
India launches the first of it's 7 navigation satellites aimed at setting up a navigation system which will be beneficial for aircrafts, ships, hikers as well as civilians. It is aimed in providing more accurate information about our precise location. It is the first step towards India's own GPS.
The IRNSS-1, is under complete control of the Indian government, and launched using the polar satellite launch vehicle, PSLV-C22, from the Sriharkota, Andhra Pradesh launch pad.
It would provide two major services, with the Standard Positioning Service open for civilian use and the Restricted Service, encrypted one, for authorized users (military).
The IRNSS system mainly consists of three components, namely, Space Segment (Constellation of Satellites & Signal-In-Space), Ground Segment and User Segment. It will have two types of signals in L5 and S-band centre frequency, with the L band centre frequency
Satellite based augmentation system will also open the door for socio economic benefits for developing countries to pursue sustainable growth. Satellite navigational positioning data will be used in spheres of mapping, surveying, monitoring, precision agriculture, disaster warning, aviation, maritime, transportation and research areas. Our study shows that we will be able to save five percent in fuel, because we will be using optimal routes for transportation courtesy data from the Satellite based augmentation system," Agrawal added.
Source: The times of India
Poster's comment: GPS by India. A major step indeed.
The IRNSS-1, is under complete control of the Indian government, and launched using the polar satellite launch vehicle, PSLV-C22, from the Sriharkota, Andhra Pradesh launch pad.
It would provide two major services, with the Standard Positioning Service open for civilian use and the Restricted Service, encrypted one, for authorized users (military).
The IRNSS system mainly consists of three components, namely, Space Segment (Constellation of Satellites & Signal-In-Space), Ground Segment and User Segment. It will have two types of signals in L5 and S-band centre frequency, with the L band centre frequency
Satellite based augmentation system will also open the door for socio economic benefits for developing countries to pursue sustainable growth. Satellite navigational positioning data will be used in spheres of mapping, surveying, monitoring, precision agriculture, disaster warning, aviation, maritime, transportation and research areas. Our study shows that we will be able to save five percent in fuel, because we will be using optimal routes for transportation courtesy data from the Satellite based augmentation system," Agrawal added.
Source: The times of India
Poster's comment: GPS by India. A major step indeed.
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