Byalalu
Village in Karnataka, India
12°53′36″N 77°22′28″E / 12.8934235°N 77.3745037°E / 12.8934235; 77.3745037![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png)
(2011)
Byalalu is a village in Bangalore south District in Karnataka, India. It is an hour's drive from Bangalore city, off the Bangalore-Mysore highway. The population was reported as 2,300 in the 2011 Indian census.
Indian Deep Space Network
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) set up a Deep Space Network (DSN) centre in Byalalu. One of the main advantages of having the DSN at Byalalu was its saucer-like shape that would help in blocking radio frequency disturbances. The DSN was initially set up to track Chandrayaan I, India's first lunar mission; as of September 2014, it is being used to track the ongoing Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), known as Mangalyaan.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ Srinivas Laxman; TNN (18 May 2006). "Byalalu set to rocket to fame", The Times of India. Retrieved on 7 November 2008.
- ^ "Deep Space Network Archived 7 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine". Indian Space Research Organisation. Retrieved on 7 November 2008.
- ^ "ISRO - Mars updates".