Indigenous navigation satellite set to fly on July 1
Indian Space Research Organisation has replaced a faulty component in the PSLV-C22 rocket and rescheduled the flight of the IRNSS-1A satellite, India's first regional navigation satellite, on it for 11:43 p.m. on July 1, according to an informed ISRO official. The 1450-kg IRNSS-1A was earlier set to be sent up on June 12. Read more
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a constellation of seven satellites to give a boost to the country's security apparatus, a top scientist said here Sunday. ISRO chief G. Madhavan Nair said the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) was being developed "considering security related issues".