Byalalu is a village in Bangalore south DistrictinKarnataka, 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
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village
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Location in Karnataka, India Show map of KarnatakaByalalu (India) Show map of India | |
Coordinates: 12°53′36″N 77°22′28″E / 12.8934235°N 77.3745037°E / 12.8934235; 77.3745037 | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Karnataka |
District | Bangalore south District |
Government | |
• Type | Panchayati raj (India) |
• Body | Gram panchayat |
Population
(2011)
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• Total | 2,300 |
Languages | |
• Official | Kannada |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-KA |
Vehicle registration | KA |
Website | karnataka |
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]