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World-Wide Radio Navigation System
November 24 , 2020
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- The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) has been accepted as a component of the World-Wide Radio Navigation System by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for its operation in the Indian Ocean Region.
- This will enable the vessels to use IRNSS to obtain position information similar to GLONASS and GPS.
- The navigation system up to 1,500 km in the Indian Ocean waters can now replace GPS.
- The operational name of IRNSS is NavIC.
- It has eight constellations in its orbit.
- However, IRNSS is only a regional navigational system and not a global navigational system.
- India has now become the fourth country in the world to have independent regional satellite navigation system after US, Russia and China.
- The IMO is an organization of the United Nations.
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