New Delhi : India’s Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) will be known to the world as NAVIC, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday after the successful launch of IRNSS-1G, the seventh and final satellite of the system.
Modi congratulated the scientists involved in the mission saying,”with this successful launch, we will determine our own paths powered by our technology”.
“The world will know it as Navic…. The new technology will benefit our people, our fishermen. This is a great gift to people from scientists,” Modi said.
When the IRNSS-1G becomes operational in about a month’s time, NAVIC would offer services like terrestrial and marine navigation, disaster management, vehicle tracking and fleet management, navigation aide for hikers and travellers, visual and voice navigation for drivers.
@Agency report.
