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Why India’s NVS-03 launch matters

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 30 October 2026, 05:44 UTC ·10 sec listen

India’s new navigation satellite could help restore its regional positioning system, NavIC. The system began development after the 1999 Kargil War, when the United States reportedly restricted access to Global Positioning System data for Indian users.

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