On 13th March 2026, the procured on-board atomic clock stopped functioning. However, the satellite will continue to function in-orbit for various societal applications to provide one way broadcast ...

Apple has extended support for NavIC to some of the new iPhone 15 models, seemingly complying with New Delhi’s push to adopt India’s home-grown alternative to the GPS navigation system. On the tech ...

At present, India’s satellite-based augmentation system GAGAN is operational and provides services for air navigation.The Department of Space (DoS) is also working to expand NavIC’s use across key ...

As is the case with GPS and other foreign services, NAVIC is also meant for use by the Indian armed forces for navigation, assigning targets to and guiding drones, missiles, smart bombs, ...

Back-to-back failures of PSLV, which has failed only four times in 64 missions, have temporarily stalled Isro’s launch plans ...

India's indigenous satellite navigation system NavIC has suffered a significant setback after the failure of an onboard atomic clock on one of its key satellites, raising concerns over the reliability ...

After the operation of the indigenously developed NavIC navigation system, India is on track to encourage mobile devices, including phones and vehicles, to support NavIC with potential incentives.

India uses GPS widely. Even critical military platforms rely on it in some capacity. In peacetime, this is not a problem. In war, it can become a vulnerability.