ISRO receiver installed at SUK's Panhala Space Centre; starts functioning Kolhapur, March 5: The Shivaji University, Kolhapur procured a satellite signal receiver today under the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) programme. The receiver has been installed at the university's space observatory at Panhala. Vice Chancellor Dr. Devanand Shinde visited the observatory today and said that primary tests on the receiver have been undertaken. Dr. Shinde added that the installation has given the university a significant place in the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) map. "The receiver has already started functioning and a few recordings were made today. This is the beginning of a new era for the university. This space observatory is a very important establishment for the university." India is creating its own GPS navigation system through IRNSS satellite system for which receivers will play a vital role. ISRO will install around 105 receivers across the country to get satellite signals from every corner. Of this, the university got the 23rd receiver. The engineering team was present for the receiver testing, which proved successful. The observatory's head, Dr. A. K. Sharma said that the data from the IRNSS will prove useful for not only to ISRO but for the students as well.
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ISRO receiver installed at SUK's Panhala Space Centre; starts functioning
Kolhapur, March 5: The Shivaji University, Kolhapur procured a satellite signal receiver today under the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) programme. The receiver has been installed at the university's space observatory at Panhala. Vice Chancellor Dr. Devanand Shinde visited the observatory today and said that primary tests on the receiver have been undertaken.
Dr. Shinde added that the installation has given the university a significant place in the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) map. "The receiver has already started functioning and a few recordings were made today. This is the beginning of a new era for the university. This space observatory is a very important establishment for the university."
India is creating its own GPS navigation system through IRNSS satellite system for which receivers will play a vital role. ISRO will install around 105 receivers across the country to get satellite signals from every corner. Of this, the
university got the 23rd receiver. The engineering team was present for the receiver testing, which proved successful.
The observatory's head, Dr. A. K. Sharma said that the data from the IRNSS will prove useful for not only to ISRO but for the students as well.
The importance of navigation system of India is that for the current navigation, the world is dependent on Americas Global Positioning System (GPS) or Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). If both or one of these navigation systems gets a glitch, it can affect several interactions across the globe and hence the ISRO is developing its own navigation system, which is IRNSS. The IRNSS will cover around 1,500 kilometres of area of the country and will provide standard positioning system to a user. It will also prove useful for mapping, and mobile tracking, also.
The space research centre of Shivaji University at Panhala is located around 968 m above sea level and gives six times clearer sky visibility than what is available on the university campus. The space research centre was allocated in the year 2013 and saw stone laying ceremony in January 2014 on an acre land at Panhala.
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