Archive · 23 Jul 2025
Four NavIC Satellites Provide PNT Services: Jitendra Singh
India's NavIC system uses satellites to help you find your way, like GPS.
Out of the 11 NavIC satellites, only four are working to provide directions and time information.
The other satellites have issues.
One was taken out of service.
The government is also planning to use NavIC to track trains.
This helps to know where the trains are at any moment.
ISRO plans to launch new satellites to improve the system, aiming for better navigation services in the future.
Four out of eleven NavIC satellites offer PNT services.
ISRO plans to launch NVS-03 by the end of this year.
Two satellites failed to reach their intended orbit.
One satellite was decommissioned.
The government aims to track 12,000 trains in real-time using NavIC and GNSS.
- Who
- Union Minister Jitendra Singh
- What
- Four NavIC satellites providing positioning, navigation and timing services
- When
- Information was announced on Wednesday, July 23, with future launches planned
- Where
- Information pertains to satellite systems in orbit and on the ground in India
- Why
- To provide PNT services and track trains.
- NavIC Satellites in Orbit
- 11
- Satellites Providing PNT
- 4
- Planned Launch
- NVS-03 by end of year
- Trains with Installed Equipment
- 8,700
- Trains to be tracked
- 12,000