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NavIC will provide two levels of service, the "standard positioning service", which will be open for civilian use.

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ISRO will launch three navigation satellites for its Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) by 2026.

It is India’s independent regional navigation satellite system also known as NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation).
It is developed in India by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
IRNSS envisages the establishment of a regional navigational satellite system using a combination of geosynchronous orbit(GEO) and geostationary orbit (GSO) spacecraft and state-of-the-art ground systems.
Area covered: IRNSS-NavIC is designed to provide accurate position information service to users in India and the region extending up to 1500 km from its boundary.
IRNSS-NavIC network: NavIC is designed with a constellation of seven satellites and a network of ground stations operating around the clock.
- Three satellites are placed in GSO.
- Four satellites are placed in inclined GEO.

IRNSS provides two types of services, namely:
- Standard Positioning Service (SPS) – that is provided to all users.
- Restricted Service (RS) – an encrypted service provided only to authorised users.

The signals of the other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou provide interoperability with those of the NavIC SPS signals.

Source: IE

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