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 India’s own navigational system, the set-up for which was completed on

 Thursday with the launch of the seventh and nal satellite, will be called

NAVI !Navigation with Indian onstellation", #rime $inister Narendra $odi

announced after the launch%

 The seventh and nal satellite of the Indian &egional Navigation 'atellite

'ystem, the I&N'' (), was launched into a sub geosynchronous transfer orbit

with a perigree !nearest point to earth" of *+ m and an apogee !farthest

point to earth" of *.,/01 m% The satellite was launched on board the #olar

'atellite 2aunch Vehicle !#'2V", which too o3 from the 'rihariota launch

pad at (*%0. p%m%

4ith this launch, the I&N'' constellation of seven satellites is now complete%

 This will allow the Indian 'pace &esearch 5rganisation !I'&5" to focus on the

process of designing front end chips which will receive the navigational

signals sent out by the satellites% The system will be similar to the )lobal

#ositioning 'ystem !)#'" operated by the 6nited 'tates with * satellites and

the )lonass, )alileo and 7ei8ou systems of &ussia, 9urope and hina

respectively%

All satellites will undergo stabilisation testing and verication of their

performance over the ne:t few months before being pushed into use,

according to I'&5 o;cials%

An area of (,0.. m from Indian boundaries will be covered under the

navigational system% The #rime $inister invited other countries to mae use

of this system as well%

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be able to land with ease and accuracy, we can plan disaster relief better and

with our own technology,= a proud $r% $odi said%

9:plaining the name NAVI, $r% $odi said the system was dedicated to

India’s mariners and shermen who have been navigating using the sun and

stars as waypoints for hundreds of years% navis’ !mariners",= he said%