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Geodesy. The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), with an operational name of NavIC (acronym for Navigation with Indian Constellation; also, nāvik 'sailor' or 'navigator' in Indian languages), [2] is an autonomous regional satellite navigation system that provides accurate real-time positioning and timing services. [3]
The Indian National Satellite System or INSAT, is a series of multipurpose geostationary satellites launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to satisfy telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search and rescue operations. Commissioned in 1983, INSAT is the largest domestic communication system in the Indo-Pacific Region.
Ariane-5. Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou. GSAT-16 is the twenty fourth communication satellite of India configured to carry a total of 48 transponders (12 K u, 24 C and 12 C ue, each with a bandwidth of 36 MHz [ 262 ]), which was the highest number of transponders in a single satellite at that time.
South Asia Satellite. The South Asia Satellite (designated GSAT-9), formerly known as SAARC Satellite, is a geostationary [4] communications and meteorology satellite operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region. [5] The satellite was launched on 5 May 2017.
Following the successful demonstration flights of Bhaskara-1 and Bhaskara-2 satellites launched in 1979 and 1981, respectively, India began to develop the indigenous Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite program to support the national economy in the areas of agriculture, water resources, forestry and ecology, geology, water sheds, marine fisheries and coastal management.
Capacity. 137.44 MHz [7] Aryabhata was India 's first satellite, [2] named after the astronomer. [3] It was launched on 19 April 1975 [2] from Kapustin Yar, a Soviet rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast using a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle. It was built by ISRO, and launched by the Soviet Union as a part of the Soviet Interkosmos ...
The GPS-aided GEO augmented navigation (GAGAN) is an implementation of a regional satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) by the Government of India. [2] It is a system to improve the accuracy of a GNSS receiver by providing reference signals. [3] The Airports Authority of India (AAI)'s efforts towards implementation of operational SBAS can ...
Southeast Asia in a Renaissance map constructed after 's Geography, rediscovered by in c. 1300. Cartography of India as a part of the greater continent of Asia developed in Classical Antiquity. In Greek cartography, India appears as a remote land on the eastern fringe of Asia in the 5th century BCE (Hecataeus of Miletus).