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Launch of India's First Navigation Satellite Successful

Posted by Unknown on from the satellites-for-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes "India's first dedicated navigation satellite, the IRNSS-1A, developed by the Indian Space Research Organization, was successfully put in orbit on Monday night. The launch vehicle, PSLV-C22, bearing the 1,425-kg navigation satellite, blasted off the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center here at the scheduled lift-off time of 11.41 p.m." The satellite is the first of seven that will eventually provide a regional equivalent of GPS under complete Indian control.

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  1. Re:Since people believe space leads to technology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    They might. At least with the new GPS system it might be possible for them to locate a working toilet on the sub-continent.