India
on 28th April 2016 created history and entered an exclusive
membership of five countries that have their own Satellite navigation
and positioning system with the launch of 7th and last Satellite
"IRNSS-1G".
The
Prime Minister Modi said, the new service will be known as "NAVIC"
as a mark of tribute to courageous Indian Seafarers.
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Area of Operation
IRNSS
is much like the worldwide positioning system (GPS) of the usa (24
satellites), Glonass of Russia, and Galileo of Europe, in addition to
China’s Beidou. The 44.4-metre and 320-tonne Polar satellite Launch
Vehicle (PSLV-C33) which carried the satellite tv for pc gadget
blasted off at 12.50 pm on Thursday from the Sriharikota space
station, approximately a hundred km from this town. Simply over 20
minutes into the flight, at an altitude of 497 km above the earth's
floor, the satellite turned into separated and injected into transfer
orbit. Its life is anticipated to be approximately 12 years.
Total Successfully launches Satellite “IRNSS”
Total Successfully launches Satellite “IRNSS”
The
primary satellite , IRNSS-1A, was released in July 2013, the second
in April 2014, the third on October 2014, the fourth in March 2015,
and the fifth and sixth on January 20 and 7th Navigation Satellite
IRNSS its own GPS.
Services
The
IRNSS will give two sorts of services — standard situating benefit
and restricted service. The previous is given to all users and the
last is a scrambled administration for approved users.
IRNSS
Costing
According
to ISRO officials, the overall cost of all the seven satellites was
Rs 1,420 crore.
Satellite
Missions
When
the "NAVIC" becomes
operational in about a month's time, It would offer services like
terrestrial and marine navigation, disaster management, vehicle
tracking and fleet management, navigation aid for hikers and
travellers, visual and voice navigation for drivers.
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