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India moved closer to having its own navigation satellite system when the seventh and last in the series of the constellation of Regional Navigation Satellite System, IRNSS-1G on board PSLV-C33, was launched from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.
ISRO had launched the sixth navigation satellite IRNSS-1F on 10 March.
According to ISRO officials, the total cost of all the seven satellites was Rs 1,420 crore.
The launch took place at 12:50 pm.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the scientists of ISRO on their achievement.
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