Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) is an Indian network of large antennas and communication facilities that supports the interplanetaryspacecraft missions of India. It is located at Byalalu, a village about from Bangalore, India. It was inaugurated on 17 October 2008 by the former ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair. The antenna was designed and commissioned by Hyderabad-based Electronics Corporation of India Limited at a cost of Rs 620 million to Rs 650 million (about 13 million US dollars). Similar networks are run by the USA, China, Russia, Europe and Japan.