Chennai, Sept. 10 -- The year long Golden Jubilee celebrations of the ISRO Telemetry,Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), one of the ground segment arms of IndianSpace Research Organisation (ISRO) began today with the theme '50 Years of TrackingIndia's Space Odyssey'.
The 50 years celebrations began in Bengaluru and it was inaugurated by ISRO ChairmanDr V Narayanan.
Established on September 6, 1976, ISTRAC headquartered in Bengaluru is responsible forproviding ground segment network for Earth Observation, Space Science and InterplanetarySatellites and all launch vehicle Missions of ISRO and also providing support to otheragencies launch vehicle missions.
With stations spread across India and abroad, ISTRAC, manages deep space tracking ...