ISRO launches its 'desi GPS'

January 20, 2016 09:40

Indian space agency ISRO launched its fifth navigational satellite -- IRNSS-1E, being dubbed as 'Desi GPS', on board PSLV-C31 rocket from Sriharikota.

This will be the fifth navigation satellite to be launched in orbit as part of the seven satellite constellation. With four satellites already in space the Indian Space Research Organisation is already providing 18 hours of signal for the Indian version of a satellite navigation system.

India will be the sixth country in the world to have this system that is much needed by the Indian armed forces. IRNSS-1E is the fifth navigation satellite in the IRNSS space system, comprising seven satellites, which would be on par with American Global Positioning System

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