ISRO to boost NavIC, widen user base of location system
2 years, 2 months ago

ISRO to boost NavIC, widen user base of location system

The Hindu  

The Indian Space Research Organisation is working on a series of improvements to the NavIC, or India’s equivalent of the Global Positioning System, so that more people are motivated to install it and use it. “Unless we do this, the user base will not widen.” There are five more satellites in the offing to replace defunct NavIC satellites that would be launched in the coming months. However, to make NavIC truly “global” like GPS, more satellites would need to be placed in an orbit closer to earth than the current constellation, said Mr. Somanath. To make this global at some point, we can keep adding MEO satellites.” Currently, NavIC satellites orbit earth in a geostationary or geosynchronous orbit, or about 36,000 km from earth.

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India to have its own navigation system for citizens, Isro to launch 7 NaVIC satellites
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India to have its own navigation system for citizens, Isro to launch 7 NaVIC satellites

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NaVIC delivers positioning accuracy of better than 10 metres across India and better than 20 metres for the area surrounding India by 1,500 km The Indian Space Research Organisation announced that it is working to make India’s own regional navigation system which will be accessible to civilians soon. Pawan Goenka, chairman of space regulator and promoter INSPACe noted that “by …

Not Just For India: ISRO Wants To Take NavIC Global
2 years, 2 months ago

Not Just For India: ISRO Wants To Take NavIC Global

News 18  

New Delhi, Oct 26: India plans to expand its regional satellite navigation system NaVIC in a bid to increase its use in the civilian sector and also by ships and aircraft travelling far from the country's borders. The Navigation with Indian Constellation uses seven satellites to provide real-time positioning and timing services in India and an area extending up to …

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