Byalalu

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.

Byalalu
village
Byalalu Location in Karnataka, India Show map of Karnataka Byalalu Byalalu (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 12.8934235°N 77.3745037°E / 12.8934235; 77.3745037
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore south District
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,300
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA
Website	karnataka.gov.in

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

1. Srinivas Laxman; TNN (18 May 2006). "Byalalu set to rocket to fame", The Times of India. Retrieved on 7 November 2008.
2. "Deep Space Network Archived 7 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine". Indian Space Research Organisation. Retrieved on 7 November 2008.
3. "ISRO - Mars updates".