Why India Desperately Needed its own GPS like Navigation System
The Indian space flight workhorse PSLV-C33 shot off on its 35th flight to launch
India’s 7th navigational satellite – a 1425 kg IRNSS-1G satellite, part of the
Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). The launch was into a sub
geosynchronous transfer orbit with a perigree (nearest point to earth) of