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Self Reliance

The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), also known as NavIC, is an independent satellite navigation system designed to provide accurate positioning services within India and a 1500 km radius. It offers two types of services: Standard Positioning Service for all users and Restricted Service for authorized users, with a position accuracy of better than 20 meters. While it enhances self-reliance and provides various civilian applications, it faces challenges such as limited coverage, time lags, and locational accuracy issues.

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Self Reliance

The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), also known as NavIC, is an independent satellite navigation system designed to provide accurate positioning services within India and a 1500 km radius. It offers two types of services: Standard Positioning Service for all users and Restricted Service for authorized users, with a position accuracy of better than 20 meters. While it enhances self-reliance and provides various civilian applications, it faces challenges such as limited coverage, time lags, and locational accuracy issues.

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 Critically examine the role of irnss-navic program on satellite navigation system of India.

Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) : NavIC


IRNSS is an independent regional navigation satellite system being developed by India. It is
designed to provide accurate position information service to users in India as well as the region
extending up to 1500 km from its boundary, which is its primary service area. An Extended
Service Area lies between primary service area and area enclosed by the rectangle from Latitude
30 deg South to 50 deg North, Longitude 30 deg East to 130 deg East.

IRNSS will provide two types of services, namely, Standard Positioning Service (SPS) which is
provided to all the users and Restricted Service (RS), which is an encrypted service provided only
to the authorised users. The IRNSS System is expected to provide a position accuracy of better
than 20 m in the primary service area

 Positives:
o Enhancing the navigation satellite systems and work towards compatibility and
interoperability of Indian satellite navigation and augmentation signals with other
Global Navigation Satellite Systems(GNSS).
o free-to-air navigation signals for civilian uses and secured navigation signals for
strategic uses in the defined coverage area
o self reliance: Military needs and would ensure that strategic and crucial sectors are not
dependent on US-made Global Positioning System (GPS)
o Civilian needs: applications provided by IRNSS would be terrestrial, aerial and marine
navigation, disaster management, vehicle tracking and fleet management, integration
with mobile phones, precise timing, mapping and geodetic data capture, terrestrial
navigation aid for hikers and travellers, and visual and voice navigation for drivers
 Negatives:
o Limited coverage
o Time lags: satellite is in geo-stationary
o Locational accuracy issues (positional accuracy- NavIC has a position accuracy of 5-20
meters for general users and 0.5 meters for military use)
o Atomic clock failure issues (happened in 2016 and 2017)

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