 "Indian Space Research Organisation navigation satellite IRNSS-1H being launched from Sriharikota")
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) failed to hurl a backup navigation satellite into space on Thursday, setting back the country's attempts to complete the constellation of reliable homegrown GPS satellites for its strategic needs.
The IRNSS-1H, a backup satellite with new atomic clock was to replace the first of the two failed NavIC satellites that had faulty rubidium atomic clocks, essential to provide accurate positional data.
The NavIC fleet, India's answer to the US built Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites or Europe's Galileo, will help in providing accurate position for vehicles on roads or fisherman on high seas, besides
