Chennai: Pilots and air traffic controllers have called ISRO’s Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) a boon to the Indian aeronautical sector as they would get micro level Indian data from the indigenous satellite system.
“It is a great achievement by ISRO. We will now have our own satellites to access global positions. Till today, we have been using GPS owned by the US and Russia’s Glonass for our air navigation,” said V. Somasundaram, member, Air Navigation Services, Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Pointing out that these global satellites are free of cost and used by all countries across the globe as per their requirements, Somasundaram noted that it would be reliable and advantageous to have our own satellites. “ISRO is poised to launch a couple of satellites and in the next stage. It would be on a par with GPS,” he added.
02/07/13 S. Sujatha/Deccan Chronicle
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“It is a great achievement by ISRO. We will now have our own satellites to access global positions. Till today, we have been using GPS owned by the US and Russia’s Glonass for our air navigation,” said V. Somasundaram, member, Air Navigation Services, Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Pointing out that these global satellites are free of cost and used by all countries across the globe as per their requirements, Somasundaram noted that it would be reliable and advantageous to have our own satellites. “ISRO is poised to launch a couple of satellites and in the next stage. It would be on a par with GPS,” he added.
02/07/13 S. Sujatha/Deccan Chronicle
