Pakistan ‘spoofing’ Thutaya satellite phones in order to make it difficult to track them; VSSC Director: Two humans to be sent into space by 2015
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    • Government sources indicated that Pakistan was “spoofing” Thuraya satellite phones used by terrorists and that it had erected transmitters across the LoC and the IB which obliterate signals emitted by Thuraya phones utilized by terrorists. As a result, Indian intelligence agencies were unable to track the precise location of these Thuraya phones. Tracking these phones, which were also used by the terrorists involved in the Mumbai terror attacks, was among the most effective means to trace Pakistan-based terrorists. New Delhi indicated that these transmitters cannot exist without the indirect support of the Pakistani Army1.

    Vikram Sarabhai Space Center Director K. Radhakrishnan stated that the agency was planning to send two humans into space (Low Earth Orbit - LEO) by 20152. He however noted that the project was yet to secure the government’s approval. The government had already sanctioned a sum of Rs. 95 crores for pre-project planning. If approved, VSSC would make the space suits for the flight.

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