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Question
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ISRO
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Indian Centre for Space Physics
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Space Applications center
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Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed an indigenous atomic clock that will be used in navigation satellites to measure precise location data. It is being developed by the Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre (SAC).
Detailed explanation-2: -As a precaution to extend the operational life of navigation satellite, ISRO is running only one rubidium atomic clock instead of two in the remaining satellites.
Detailed explanation-3: -7 navigation satellites, which are launched earlier as part of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) or Navigation w/Indian Constellation (NaVIC) . They have 3 imported Rubdium atomic clocks each.
Detailed explanation-4: -It’s based on a network of 24 Navstar satellites owned and operated by the U.S. Department of Defense. Each satellite has four atomic clocks on board.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Galileo satellites carry two types of clocks: rubidium atomic frequency standards and passive hydrogen masers.