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{{Short description|GAGAN improves GNSS accuracy and modernizes Indian airspace management}} | {{Short description|GAGAN improves GNSS accuracy and modernizes Indian airspace management}} | ||
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The '''GPS-aided GEO augmented navigation''' ('''GAGAN''') is an implementation of a regional [[GNSS augmentation#Satellite-based augmentation system|satellite-based augmentation system]] (SBAS) by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/mindfly/ensuring-safety-and-reliabity-through-indigenous-satellite-navigation-system-gagan/|title=Ensuring safety and reliabity through indigenous satellite navigation system GAGAN|website=Times of India Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> It is a system to improve the accuracy of a [[Satellite navigation|GNSS receiver]] by providing reference signals.<ref name="ASM">{{cite web |url=http://www.asmmag.com/news/india-approves-gagan-system |title=India Approves Gagan System |work=Magazine article |publisher=Asian Surveying and Mapping |access-date=2009-05-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519215721/http://www.asmmag.com/news/india-approves-gagan-system |archive-date=19 May 2009}}</ref> The [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI)'s efforts towards implementation of operational SBAS can be viewed as the first step towards introduction of modern [[communication, navigation and surveillance]] / [[air traffic management]] system over the Indian [[airspace]].<ref name="mycoordinates.org">[http://www.mycoordinates.org/gagan-update-arjunsingh-mar-06.php GAGAN Update Dr. Arjin Singh, Additional GM, Directorate of Global Navigation System, Airport Authority of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828035632/http://www.mycoordinates.org/gagan-update-arjunsingh-mar-06.php }}</ref> | The '''GPS-aided GEO augmented navigation''' ('''GAGAN''') is an implementation of a regional [[GNSS augmentation#Satellite-based augmentation system|satellite-based augmentation system]] (SBAS) by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/mindfly/ensuring-safety-and-reliabity-through-indigenous-satellite-navigation-system-gagan/|title=Ensuring safety and reliabity through indigenous satellite navigation system GAGAN|website=Times of India Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> It is a system to improve the accuracy of a [[Satellite navigation|GNSS receiver]] by providing reference signals.<ref name="ASM">{{cite web |url=http://www.asmmag.com/news/india-approves-gagan-system |title=India Approves Gagan System |work=Magazine article |publisher=Asian Surveying and Mapping |access-date=2009-05-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519215721/http://www.asmmag.com/news/india-approves-gagan-system |archive-date=19 May 2009}}</ref> The [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI)'s efforts towards implementation of operational SBAS can be viewed as the first step towards introduction of modern [[communication, navigation and surveillance]] / [[air traffic management]] system over the Indian [[airspace]].<ref name="mycoordinates.org">[http://www.mycoordinates.org/gagan-update-arjunsingh-mar-06.php GAGAN Update Dr. Arjin Singh, Additional GM, Directorate of Global Navigation System, Airport Authority of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828035632/http://www.mycoordinates.org/gagan-update-arjunsingh-mar-06.php }}</ref> | ||
The project has established fifteen Indian reference stations, three Indian navigation land uplink stations, three Indian mission control centres, and installation of all associated software and communication links.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/gagan-system-ready-for-operations/article5565700.ece| title = GAGAN system ready for operations - The Hindu| website = [[The Hindu]]| date = 11 January 2014}} </ref> It will be able to help pilots to navigate in the Indian airspace by an accuracy of {{convert|3|m|abbr=on}} This will be helpful for landing aircraft in marginal weather and difficult approaches like [[Mangalore International Airport|Mangalore International]] and [[Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport|Kushok Bakula Rimpochee]] airports. | The project has established fifteen Indian reference stations, three Indian navigation land uplink stations, three Indian mission control centres, and installation of all associated software and communication links.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/gagan-system-ready-for-operations/article5565700.ece| title = GAGAN system ready for operations - The Hindu| website = [[The Hindu]]| date = 11 January 2014}}</ref> It will be able to help pilots to navigate in the Indian airspace by an accuracy of {{convert|3|m|abbr=on}} This will be helpful for landing aircraft in marginal weather and difficult approaches like [[Mangalore International Airport|Mangalore International]] and [[Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport|Kushok Bakula Rimpochee]] airports. | ||
==Implementation== | ==Implementation== | ||