IRNSS Is Now Navic: India's Navigation System Gets a Simpler Name

[IndianMascot]

India on Thursday took the final step towards completing its own satellite navigation system, a development heralded by the Indian Prime Minister as making the nation self-reliant in the field of space-based positioning. PM Narendra Modi also christened the navigation system 'Navic', which in Hindi means 'sailor' or 'navigator'. The name is also supposed to be a contraction of the phrase 'navigation with Indian constellation'.

The seventh satellite to make up the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), called the IRNSS-1G, was launched into space via the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C33 rocket from Sriharikota spaceport in southwestern India at 12:50pm IST.


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[scorpionking76]

We have our own Navigation satellite and kudos

 

[IndianMascot]

Eagerly waiting for its launch,

 

[Sanjeev]

Kudos to ISRO and welcome navic to India

 

[Devesh]

Name is also good

 

[scorpionking76]

Eagerly waiting for its launch,

Yaar, it's already launched

 

[IndianMascot]

Yaar, it's already launched

Its not yet operational. So, not launched for us.

 

[scorpionking76]

Its not yet operational. So, not launched for us.

Will take time to have it operational.