India takes on China with its own navigational satellites

But the country's uneven technical abilities put it behind in the space race

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An Indian PSLV-C32 rocket successfully lifts off last year carrying a satellite. (Courtesy of India's Space Applications Center)

YUJI KURONUMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- India, following in China's footsteps, is developing its own navigational satellite system, aiming to put it into commercial use by the second half of 2018, according to Tapan Misra, director of the country's Space Applications Center.

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