ISRO’s IRNSS-1G navigation satellite: Five facts about India’s own GPS

The seventh satellite in the series – IRNSS-1G – weighing 1,425 kg is expected to soon join the other six. (Courtesy of MIB India on Twitter)
India on Thursday completed its landmark mission for a regional navigational system on par with US-based GPS with the successful launch of IRNSS-1G, the seventh and last in the constellation of satellites that make up the system.
When the IRNSS-1G becomes operational in about a month’s time, the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite