India Gears up to Launch First Navigational Satellite

India plans to launch its first navigational satellite in June, a top official of the Department of Space (DoS) said today. The first Satellite of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) constellation, IRNSS-1 will be launched by PSLV-C22, said DoS Secretary and Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K Radhakrishnan. According to ISRO officials, IRNSS is an independent regional navigation satellite system, designed to provide position accuracy of better than 10 metres over India and the region extending about 1500 km around the country. More

(Source: Indiatimes.com - Mar 18)