Category Archives: Satellites

India on the Way to its Own GPS

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

India is on the way to its own GPS.The country today(28 March,2015) launched satellite IRNSS-1D from Sriharikota onboard  PSLV-C27  to pave the way for the country’s own navigation system on par with the GPS of US. The satellite was launched … Continue reading →

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Space Research Organization of India launches IRNSS 1C Navigation satellite : A New Step in Making an Independent Navigation System

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

ISRO  successfully launched IRNSS 1C on board ISRO’s PSLV C26 rocket from the spaceport  moving a step closer to setting up the country’s own navigation system on par with Global Positioning System (GPS) of the US. The satellite  is the … Continue reading →

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Global Positioning System and GPS Devices

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

The now all pervasive Global Positioning System  is a satellite-based navigation system made up of a network of 24 satellites put into orbit by the US Department of Defence. Of these 21 satellites are used by GPS receivers and three … Continue reading →

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Agreement on IRS Satellite Data Between India and Brazil (link)

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

India and Brazil signed an agreement recently which would allow the Brazilian earth stations to receive and process data from Indian Remote Sensing satellites (IRS). The financial terms of the agreement states that INPE will, with its own regular budgetary … Continue reading →

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