First Navigation Satellite Of India

India will launch in june the first of the seven indian regional navigation satellite system irnss into the earth orbit to provide real time position navigation and time services to multiple.
First navigation satellite of india. Prime minister indira gandhi named the first indian satellite as aryabhatta. India s polar satellite launch vehicle pslv c22 carrying india s first navigation satellite system irnss 1a lifts off from the satish dhawan space centre in sriharikota about 100 km 62 miles north of chennai july 1 2013. It covers india and a region extending 1 500 km. 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 sanskrit and many other indian languages is an autonomous regional satellite navigation system that provides accurate real time positioning and timing services. Launch date launch mass launch vehicle orbit type application remarks. The first indian satellite aryabhatta was named after an indian astronomer and mathematician. Abdul kalam was the director of india s first indigenous satellite launch vehicle slv 3.