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The prominent fact that came into exposure from officials is India's launch on Monday of the first stage of its domestic satellite navigation network which will ultimately provide services both to civilians as well as the military and is similar to the US Global Positioning System. The first of seven satellites will be carried into space as part of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), just months subsequent to China inaugurated its own domestic satellite navigation system.

Furthermore, Devi Prasad Karnik, director of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that the Indian system has been indigenously built to provide meticulous position otherwise location information services to users across the country at the same time up to 1,500 kilometres away from our borders. A rocket carrying the first satellite is expected to take off at 11.41 pm from a site in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh.

Image Source:  IRNSS

(AW:Samrat Biswas)