India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Around 12000 trains are targeted for tracking in real-time using NavIC and other GNSS constellations.
It is also true that around 8700 trains are already equipped with NavIC along with other GNSS constellations.
As of now 11 satellites have been put in orbit. Some of them are not functioning. At present 4 satellites are providing Position, Navigation & Timing (PNT) services, 4 satellites are being used for one way message broadcast, 1 satellites got decommissioned after its end-of-life service. 2 satellites could not reach the intended orbit.
NVS-03 is planned to be launched by end of 2025. Subsequently, with a gap of six months, NVS-04 & NVS-05 are planned to ...