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Technology

China’s BeiDou navigation satellite, rival to US GPS, starts global services

The positioning accuracy of the China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System has reached 10 metres globally and five metres in the Asia-Pacific region

1 min read27 Dec 2018
Science

Isro successfully launches IRNSS-1I navigation satellite

Isro's PSLV-C41/IRNSS-1I Mission blasted off at 4.04am from the first launchpad at the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre

1 min read12 Apr 2018
Science

Isro to launch navigation satellite on Thursday

Isro will on Thursday launch a navigation satellite IRNSS-1I, the 8th such satellite to be a part of NavIC navigation satellite constellation, from Sriharikota

1 min read10 Apr 2018
Science

Isro’s IRNSS 1H satellite launch fails

Isro chairman Kiran Kumar said the heat shield did not separate for the IRNSS 1H navigation satellite after lift-off from Sriharikota

3 min read31 Aug 2017
Science

Isro to launch navigation satellite IRNSS-1H today

Isro says the countdown for the launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1H, which is meant to augment the existing seven satellites of the NavIC constellation, is progressing well

1 min read31 Aug 2017
Science

Isro to launch back-up navigation satellite on 31 August

Isro said it will launch its navigation satellite 'IRNSS-1H' on 31 August to augment the existing seven satellites of NavIC constellation

1 min read23 Aug 2017
Science

Isro to launch a ‘back-up’ navigation satellite by month end

Isro will launch its navigation satellite IRNSS-1H by the end of August to augment the existing seven satellites of NavIC constellation, says a senior official

1 min read1 Aug 2017
Science

ISRO embraces private sector to outsource satellite manufacture

After almost 150 missions and 3 decades of space faring, the ISRO is on a mission like never before, handholding the private industry to make a full navigation satellite

2 min read2 Apr 2017
Opinion

Isro: A world class Make in India example

The launch of a satellite for India's own GPS shows Isro's innovations are clearly the best Make in India products and, at the same, the most cost-effective space programme in the world

3 min read2 May 2016
Politics

India gets its own GPS called NAVIC

Isro successfully launches the seventh and final satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite SystemIRNSS-1G

2 min read29 Apr 2016
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