Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'Another great job by ISRO scientists' that was published in Newsband

Another great job by ISRO scientists

The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully launched the seventh and final navigation satellite, IRNSS-1G. Now India has an independent regional navigation satellite capability that covers the entire country and an area extending about 1,500 sq. km beyond its border.

The United States’ Global Positioning System has a constellation of at least 24 operational satellites and a network of ground stations across the world to provide coverage globally. Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System too is global in coverage. China intends to expand the system for global coverage by 2020 and the European Satellite Navigation System by 2019-2020. Japan too is establishing its own global system.

It is undoubtedly a commendable job done by Indian Space Research Organisation. ISRO makes us feel proud to be Indian It is a fantastic achievement. Congratulations to ISRO scientists. Let's hope that IRNSS too becomes global in near future.

Among all the public sector institutions, only ISRO has produced the cutting edge technology that can compete with best in the world. Now with the success of IRNSS, i.e. Indian GPS, it has again added a new feather to it.

Global communication technology is fast improving and the launch of the satellite is a step forward in this direction. This must be made available for all industrial purposes so that trade and commerce improves rapidly among the countries in the world.

We have improved our positional accuracy which is key point as far as our strategic use for military use is concerned. The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System constellation (IRNSS) has now achieved the First step of catapulting seven navigational satellite systems that would pave the way for India's own navigation and global positioning arrangements.

There is scope for improvement to make more secure the border areas along northeast and northwest frontiers. The know-how is evolving, but there is a long way to go. Self-reliance in such sensitive areas of technology is important, and there is an urgent need to address weakness to compete globally especially vis-a-vis China.