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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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Detecting Subtle Changes – ERS-2 & Envisat

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

The European Space Agency says it has paired its European Remote Sensing-2 satellite with its Envisat satellite in their second tandem operation. ERS-2, the space agency’s veteran spacecraft, and Envisat, the largest environmental satellite ever built, both carry Synthetic Aperture … Continue reading →

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India to launch remote sensing satellite

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

India plans to launch an advanced Remote Sensing Satellite, Cartosat-2A, on April 28 along with a Third World Satellite (TWSAT) and eight nano satellites on board home-built polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) from its spaceport of Sriharikota. ISRO sources said … Continue reading →

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