🔆ISRO to boost NavIC, widen user base of location system






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✅On the side-lines of the India Space Congress, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently revealed its plans to expand the reach of NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) beyond India and not to a limited territory around India.

✅ISRO is also working on a series of NavIC improvements to encourage more people to install and use it.

✅NavIC, also known as the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), is an independent stand-alone indigenous navigation satellite system developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

✅NAVIC was approved in 2006 and was expected to be completed by 2011, but only become operational in 2018.

✅NavIC, which consists of 7 satellites, covering the whole of India's landmass and up to 1,500 km from its boundaries, is conceived with the aim of removing dependence on foreign satellite systems for navigation, particularly for "strategic sectors.".