WHAT IS GAGAN ?

( GAGAN - GPS AIDED GEO AUGMENTED NAVIGATION ) 

* LAUNCHED IN 2015 

* India Successfully Conducted The First Satellite Based Landing System Approach On a Commercial Jet Using GAGAN. ( IN JUNE 2026) 

* GAGAN Is Developed By ISRO In Collaboration With Airport Authority Of INDIA (AAI) 

* GAGAN Can Detect a Small GPS Error 

* India's Indigenous Satellite Based Augmentation System ( SBAS) 

* Its Provide Real Time Correction 

* GAGAN Supports Maritime Navigation, Road Transport, Railways, Disaster Management, Defense And Security, Telecommunication And Surveying And Mapping 

* India's Own NAVIC - India's Regional Navigation Satellite System 

( Provides Positioning Navigation And Timing Services) 

*  India Has Successfully Conducted It's First Satellite Based Landing System Approach On a Jet Aircraft, With An Indigo Airbus A320 Performing An LPV ( Localiser Performance With Vertical Guidance) Approach At Udaipur Airport