Satellite Navigation

Starlink’s median download speed increased to 97.23 Mbps, from 65.72 Mbps in Q1 2021. Elon Musk’s satellite network Starlink has improved its network performance by a lot when compared to its competitors, in the second quarter of 2021.…

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service could soon provide in-flight WiFi to airline passengers. According to The Verge, SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service could soon provide in-flight WiFi to airline passengers. …

Exactly at 5.28 PM IST, India’s own space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched India’s heaviest rocket: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk-III), which carried India’s heaviest…

Eyeing a world record and a historic event – ISRO has announced that they will launch a record 83 satellites in one go. The payload will be delivered using ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle  PSLV-XL in January end. The feat is not…

At exactly 9.12 AM IST, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C35) took off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, carrying eight satellites into different orbits. This was ISRO’s longest ever launch mission spanning 2 hours and…

In 1999, when Pakistani troops captured Kargil hills, India needed GPS data of the region, and called US for help. At that time, US was the only nation to have accurate GPS data of any region in the world. US refused to give GPS data…

Did you know that the Global Positioning System used by almost all countries in the world is controlled by USA Govt? If they want, they can switch off this GPS without any explanation! During the Kargil war, Indian Army and Air…