On 13th March 2026, the procured on-board atomic clock stopped functioning. However, the satellite will continue to function in-orbit for various societal applications to provide one way broadcast ...

Global Positioning System, or GPS, is one of the most popular satellite-based navigation systems in the world. However, there are other technologies that provide precise location by satellite – and ...

The Indian government has proposed a new rule that will see smartphone and automobile manufacturers offering NavIC, India's home-grown navigation system as an alternative to GPS from 2025. The Indian ...

At present, India’s satellite-based augmentation system GAGAN is operational and provides services for air navigation.The Department of Space (DoS) is also working to expand NavIC’s use across key ...

No audio available for this content. A new draft policy in India seeks to foster global use of its Indian NavIC satellite navigation system. The draft Indian Satellite Navigation Policy 2021 (SATNAV ...

Did you know that GPS was a project started by the US Department of Defence in 1973? GPS’s services were made available to the public in 1980s. India has been working on its own system and the ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has achieved a major milestone with the launch of its 100th rocket. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F15) will carry the NVS-02 satellite ...

NEW DELHI, Sept 26 (Reuters) - India is pushing tech giants to make smartphones compatible with its home-grown navigation system within months, worrying the likes of Samsung, Xiaomi and Apple who fear ...

The Ministry of Electronic & Information Technology (MeitY) has said that it hasn’t set any timeline for smartphone manufacturers to make their devices compatible with India’s navigation system ...

A few weeks ago, China launched the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 satellite positioning system. Didn’t know that China had its own GPS? How about Europe’s Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS, or Japan’s QZSS?

There is never a dull moment when you are following the developments in the second-biggest and fastest-growing smartphone market in the world – India. It has become a hotbed for global smartphone ...

India has launched 11 satellites under its indigenous navigation system NavIC, with eight currently operational, the Centre informed Parliament on Wednesday. Of these, three are actively broadcasting ...