UPSC CDS GS General Knowledge Questions 2

Statement (1) about GAGAN is correct. It was developed jointly byISRO and Airports Authority of India (not NASA).So statement (2) isfalse. It will provide augmentation service for GPS over India, Bay ofBengal, South-east Asia and Middle-east along with expansion up to Africa. It is 10 times more precise compared to GPS and radio navigation aids used for precision landing. With this launch, Indiabecame the fourth nation in the world to have inter-operable Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) after US, Europe and Japan.