India’s satellite-based navigation sector in country set for higher growth trajectory

Bengaluru

The Department of Space (DoS) plans to devise a “comprehensive and substantive” national policy for satellite based navigation  the Indian Satellite Navigation Policy-2021 (SATNAV Policy - 2021).

Its draft has now been hosted on the website of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for public consultation after which it would be placed before the Union Cabinet for final approval. It seeks to “Achieve self-reliance in satellite based navigation and augmentation services with emphasis on assuring availability & quality, enhancing usage, working towards progressive evolution of the services and promoting research & development”.

In the last few decades, there has been a phenomenal growth in the number of applications that rely on Position, Velocity and Time (PVT) services provided by space based navigation systems, it was noted.

With the advent of information and mobile phone technology, crores of users across India rely heavily on PVT based applications in virtually every walk of life. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are space based navigation systems that provide navigation signals across the globe.