By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Aug. 6 -- With India's satellite navigation system-NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) in urgent need of augmentation, experts believe there is now a critical opportunity for private sector involvement in Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) services.
Industry insiders suggest that future navigation systems could shift to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), offering greater precision and security.
"A LEO-based navigation satellite system is certainly possible, but it would require a significantly larger number of satellites," said a retired Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) official who worked on the NavIC programme.
Since its inception, NavIC has never operated with its full constellation o...