India's 'One Nation, One Time' Initiative
The NavIC System This morning (29-01-2025) ISRO successfully launched their GSLV-F15 rocket precisely injecting the NVS-02 navigation satellite into the required orbit. This launch marked ISRO's 100th rocket mission, with the first big rocket liftoff, 46 years ago, on 10th August 1979. Image Credit: Indian Aerospace & Defence Bulletin On this occasion, I am proud to recall that during 1976-1985 I was working at the Space Applications Center (ISRO), Ahmedabad on satellite remote sensing and prior to that, during 1972-1976, I was part of the team at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (ISRO), Trivandrum, involved in the structural analysis of SLV rockets. See the past blog of May 22, 2017 titled Vintage Computer Programming of 1970s . NVS-02 is the second in the series of the NavIC system ( Navigation with Indian Constellation ), which is India's independent regional navigation satellite system, previously known as the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). NVS...