India on Friday got a step closer to establishing indigenous alternative to United States-owned Global positioning system or GPS by launching the second of the seven navigation satellites. Called the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) -1B, the payload lifted successfully on PSLV-C24 rocket from Sriharikota on 4th April 2014, 5.14pm. Short of what a minute later the satellite was in orbit. India walked towards establishing its own navigation system on Friday when its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C24) put into exact orbit the country's second navigation satellite, Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS-1b). The 1,432-kg IRNSS-1b will structure some piece of a constellation of seven navigation satellites. IRNSS-1b, the second of the seven satellites planned under the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), was put in exact orbit by the workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) which finished its silver celeb...
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