Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC)

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ISRO recently faced a setback in its mission to position the NVS-02 satellite in the desired orbit due to thruster failure, but is working on alternative strategies to utilise the satellite in its current elliptical orbit for the NavIC navigation system.

About Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC)

NavIC is India’s independent regional navigation satellite system designed to provide accurate Position, Velocity, and Timing (PVT) serviceto users in Indiaas well as the region extending about 1500 km beyond the Indian landmass, which is its primary service area.

• It is a satellite-based navigation system developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
• The first NavIC satellite was launched in July of 2013. 
• As of 2022, the NavIC system consists of eight satellites, three of them in geostationary orbits and five in inclined geosynchronous orbits, with plans to expand to 12 satellites. Currently, 7 satellites are active.
• NavIC offers two services:
  • Standard Position Service (SPS) for civilian users.
  • Restricted Service (RS) for strategic users.
• The system provides positioning accuracy of better than 10 metres (10.9 yards) throughout India and better than 20 m (21.9 yards) for the area surrounding India by 1,500 km (932 miles).
• NavIC SPS signals are interoperable with the other global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals namely GPS, Glonass, Galileo and BeiDou.

Navigation with Indian Constellation Applications

• Transportation (terrestrial, aerial and marine)
• Location -based services
• Personal mobility
• Resource monitoring
• Surveying and geodesy
• Scientific research
• Time dissemination and synchronisation
• Safety-of-life alert dissemination

 Navigation with Indian Constellation FAQs

Q1. When was the NavIC launched?

Ans. The first NavIC satellite was launched in July of 2013.

Q2. What is the old name of NavIC?

Ans. The old name of NavIC was IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System).

Q3. What is GPS?

Ans. GPS (Global Positioning System) is a satellite-based navigation system developed by the United States.

Source: IT