ISRO encouraged to use indigenous atomic clocks for navigation satellites |
ISRO encouraged to use indigenous atomic clocks for navigation satellites
A Parliamentary Committee has recommended that ISRO completely switches over to indigenous atomic clocks for its navigation constellation. The Committee has also urged the Department of Space to re
New Delhi: A Parliamentary Standing Committee has noted the strategic significance of India’s Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC), previously known as the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), has expressed concern that only eight of the eleven satellites launched are functional. ISRO launched nine first generation IRNSS satellites (1A to 1I) with atomic clocks procured from Europe. For the second generation of NVS satellites, ISRO used a combination of indigenously........