The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 1118 GMT (7:18 a.m. EDT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sriharikota Island, India's primary launch site on the country's east coast. Liftoff was at 4:48 p.m. local time.
The 44 meter, 320 ton, PSLV rocket successfully lifted off into the sky at 5.14 PM from Sriharikota and 19 minutes later accurately placed India's second navigation satellite in space. A jubilant K Radhakrishnan, the ISRO Chairman, said, "PSLV in its 25th successive successful flight precisely injected India's second regional navigation satellite."
The satellite navigation system is a fleet of 7 satellites that will help provide precise locations within 20 meters.
The constellation of Indian satellites will continuously beam down data that can be read by special hand held instruments which when calibrated using sensors based on the ground can help pin point location
The 'desi GPS' will be similar in function to the American Global Positioning System (GPS) but regional in coverage.
India will be the 6th country in the world after -
USA
Russia
China
Japan and
Europe
to have this system.
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