* Astronomy

An hour's drive from IT city Bangalore lies Byalalu, a non descript hamlet with a handful of residents and virtually no amenities. But it is this saucer-shaped village, spread over 123 acres across the Bangalore-Mysore highway, which will launch India on its journey to the Moon.
On November 18, 2007, a 32-metre dish antenna, a joint venture of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and the Electronics Corporation of India Limited, was installed in the village, which already had a German-made 18-metre antenna installed a year ago.

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