What’s new: India’s Space Research Organization (ISRO) has placed it’s 100th satellite in orbit. It is a replacement for one of the 7 in the NavIC regional navigation satellite system (RNSS)..

Why it’s important:

  • India, now the world’s most populous country, is one to watch. Aggressively capitalistic, they could well out-pace China economically and technically in the next 10 to 20 years.
  • The government has said it wants to expand the RNSS into a GNSS. They clearly have the technology. It is just a matter of whether or not government considers it worthwhile.

What else to know:

 

ISRO scripts history with 100th launch

Places navigation satellite NVS-02 in orbit