The navigation system that Indians use on their mobile phones and cars could be set for a reboot. The Indian positioning system is called Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC). The GPS is a satellite-based radio navigation system that is owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Air Force. Apart from GPS, there is GLONASS of Russia, Galileo of the European Union and BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (or BDS) of China. India got its system with the launch of the IRNSS 1-G satellite, is the seventh member of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), in November 2017.

Source: Indian Express July 17, 2019 07:52 UTC