Isro's NavIC An Alternative To America's GPS

ISRO's NVS-03 launch strengthens efforts to revive NavIC while highlighting the growing contribution of private companies to India's satellite and launch vehicle programmes

India’s homegrown GPS system NavIC is facing a setback after a key satellite failure, leaving only about three fully functional satellites. What caused this issue, why atomic clocks matter, and how it

The government has convinced Apple to adopt NavIC in some of its models and it is also planning to give incentives to manufacturers for using domestic chips that support NavIC

The NVS-1 spacecraft is a significant step forward in the development of the next-generation NavIC satellite system

What is NaVIC?

Mobile manufacturers assured the govt that they will install NavIC -- a navigation system developed by ISRO - in new 5G devices. NavIC is India's alternative to GPS. Let us find out more about it

However, opinion is divided among them on the additional cost of enabling the indigenous navigation system being touted as an alternative to GPS

NavIC, or Navigation with Indian Constellation, is an independent stand-alone navigation satellite system developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said it provided consultation for Qualcomm towards enabling NavIC capability in their Snapdragon mobile chipset.

Agency's NavIC provides position accuracy of five metres, versus 20-30 metres in the case of GPS; plans trial runs for fishermen to help them spot large shoals, warn them of disaster