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. It covers india and a region extending 1 500 km. Abdul kalam was the director of india s first indigenous satellite launch vehicle slv 3. Launch date launch mass launch vehicle orbit type application remarks. Apart from india its benefits would extend to a range of 1 500 km in the region.
The indian regional navigation satellite system irnss with an operational name of navic acronym for navigation with indian constellation. Prime minister indira gandhi named the first indian satellite as aryabhatta. The first indian satellite aryabhatta was named after an indian astronomer and mathematician. The irnss 1a is the first of the proposed seven satellites in the indian regional navigation satellite system.