AsianScientist (Jun. 3, 2013) – The Indian Space Research Organization inaugurated on May 28 a new navigation hub in the Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) complex at Byalalu, about 40 km from Bangalore.
The inauguration ceremony for the ISRO Navigation Center (INC) was attended by Mr. V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
The INC is an important element of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), an independent navigation satellite system that will have a network of 21 ranging stations primarily distributed across India.
The IRNSS will have a constellation of seven satellites positioned in geostationary and inclined geosynchronous orbits 36,000 km above the earth’s surface to enable its users to determine their location and time accurately.
Data from the stations will be sent to the data processing facility at INC, before being transmitted to IRNSS satellites through the spacecraft control facility at Hassan/Bhopal.
As the focal point of many critical operations of IRNSS, the INC hub will be responsible for providing the time reference, generation of navigation messages, and monitoring and control of ground facilities including ranging stations of IRNSS. This time reference is generated by the high precision timing facility located at INC, which is equipped with high stability, high precision atomic clocks to provide stable and continuous time reference to the navigation system.
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Source: ISRO.
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