Bangalore: Sometime in mid-2013, flyers on the Bangalore-Delhi route may be arriving at their destination 15-20 minutes ahead of schedule. Aircraft need not go zigzag but may go almost as the crow flies and burn less fuel and money. Airports can see less congestion, and fog may become a lesser evil.
It is not a miracle in the skies but when it happens, it will be thanks to Gagan, the country’s space-based GPS augmentation system.
The GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (Gagan) is a part of the modernisation plan for air traffic management and communication-navigation-surveillance system as mandated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. In the long term, its win-all benefits, as estimated by some studies, could run into several hundred crores of rupees.
Now that the country’s second Gagan payload is up with the latest communications satellite GSAT-10, Gagan will be made operational in June or July 2013, according to a senior Airports Authority of India (AAI) official.
30/09/12 Madhumathi D. S./The Hindu
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It is not a miracle in the skies but when it happens, it will be thanks to Gagan, the country’s space-based GPS augmentation system.
The GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (Gagan) is a part of the modernisation plan for air traffic management and communication-navigation-surveillance system as mandated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. In the long term, its win-all benefits, as estimated by some studies, could run into several hundred crores of rupees.
Now that the country’s second Gagan payload is up with the latest communications satellite GSAT-10, Gagan will be made operational in June or July 2013, according to a senior Airports Authority of India (AAI) official.
30/09/12 Madhumathi D. S./The Hindu
