India on 28th April 2016 completed its landmark mission for a regional navigational system on par with US-based GPS with the successful launch of IRNSS-1G, the seventh and last in the constellation of satellites that make up the system. When the IRNSS-1G becomes operational in about a month’s time, the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) would offer services like terrestrial and marine navigation, disaster management, vehicle tracking and fleet management, navigation aide for hikers and travellers, visual and voice navigation for drivers.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the seventh rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, and it was successfully placed in orbit. With this launch, India does not have to depend on another nation for military navigation.
The main purpose of the IRNSS is to deliver indigenously developed accurate GPS service to Indian users as well as for the defense purposes. According to ISRO, the IRNSS will serve two types of services – SPS (Standard Positioning Service) and a RS (Restricted Service). The SPS will be available for all users in the country whereas the RS will be an encrypted services for authorized users, which most probably will be used for defence purposes.
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