Tag: 1H satellite

India’s jinxed GPS

The failure of the PSLV C39 mission launched on 31 August by the Indian Space Research Organisation from Sriharikota to place Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System’s 1H satellite in geosynchronous orbit is a major setback for the country’s own navigation system modeled after the Global Positioning System (GPS) of the USA. IRNSS comprises a constellation...

September 5, 2017