A New Milestone For Atma Nirbhar Bharat.*
*1999* USA denies GPS services to India in Kargil war.
*2020 India has its own GPS system recognised by IMO and is better than GPS in terms of accuracy.*
*On November 11, India became the fourth country in the world to have its independent regional navigation satellite system recognised by the International Maritime Organisation as a part of the World Wide Radio Navigation System (WWRNS).*
Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) will be India's equivalent to USA 's GPS
*The recognition is only for FOUR countries:*
*BeiDou of China*
*GLONASS of Russia*
*GPS OF USA*
*And now NavIC of India.*
*It may be recalled, USA had declined crucial access to GPS to India during Kargil war. GPS support would have proved vital for the Indian forces defending the border of the country against Pakistan*. But the US had its own reasons to not extend a helping hand to India.
Some years later in 2009, *Sudden Switching off of GPS services by USA caused failure of BRHMOS missile test.*
The supersonic cruise missile BrahMos missed the target at the Armys range at Pokhran in Rajasthan because its global positioning system (GPS) blanked out.
*The American satellites that run the GPS had been switched off on the day Barack Obama was sworn in the United States President.Americans say it was security reasons, but Indians say GPS could have been selectively deactivated.*
*The missile, therefore, travelled for 112 seconds instead of the slated 84 seconds and fell 7 km away from the target.*
*India knew it could not depend upon whims and fancies of USA*
It was then ISRO started building up its own navigation network NavIC
On 2015, ISRO sent
20 satellites in 26 minutes, which carried 13 US satellites. *This was precursor that India was about reach next threshold.*
*Today india has its own GPS version - IRNSS with the operational name NavIC.*
Its range is all over India and 1500 kms around it. Range is yet to be expanded. But it's more accurate than GPS.
*NavIC pushes Atmanirbhar Bharat to the next level.*
*Congratulations ISRO*
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