The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is making some great strides and we may just be the biggest winners.
In a revolutionary development, we may no longer have to use the American Global Positioning System (GPS), instead opting for a homegrown option. ISRO’s latest invention, the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System or IRNSS, aims to send signals from seven satellites on our mobile phones to enable easy navigation.
Beginning Thurday, the ISRO will hold a major meeting in Bangalore to discuss the pros and cons of IRNSS and GPS. ISRO is also expected to demonstrate how the seven satellites and IRNSS will be significantly more accurate than the GPS system.
Once launched, the ISRO hopes to make the IRNSS signals available not only to India and neighbouring countries but to the rest of the world too, ISRO Chairman Kiran Kumar said.
The satellites are expected to be in orbit by March 2016.