Govt to launch GAGAN by next year

New Delhi: Navigating through the Indian skies would soon become easy as the government plans to launch next year the ‘satellite-based’ navigation system, GAGAN (Global Navigation Satellite System-aided Geo Augmented Navigation), which is being developed jointly by Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
India will enter 'big league' in the world aviation scene with the launch of GAGAN next year, civil aviation minister Praful Patel said here on Tuesday.
The system was now being integrated with the geo-stationary satellite INMARSAT-4F1. “Encouraged by its initial success, it has now been decided to initiate the final operational phase, in which its coverage area will be extended to the oceanic airspace also,” AAI chairman K Ramalingam said.
06/03/07 Economic Times

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