NavIC’s Atomic Clock Fails Following Successful 10-Year Mission

India's IRNSS-1F satellite fails after atomic clock malfunction

One of India’s four navigation satellites has failed, a setback for the NAVIC network. Satellite IRNSS-1F was lost after its atomic clock stopped functioning. Only three satellites — IRNSS-1B, IRNSS-1L and NVS-01 — remain operational for providng positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services across the Indian subcontinent. The loss of one degrades location services provided by the NavIC system, a regional navigation satellite system designed…

NavIC’s Atomic Clock Fails Following Successful 10-Year Mission

The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, commercially known as NavIC, has encountered a significant technical hurdle following the f...