Indian Regional Navigation Satellite Starts Signal Transmissions

[Gessler]

Anybody can detect a signal, but only the designated stations can utilise it. Way back in 1960; when the Russians launched the first-ever Satellite Sputnik-1; a station in Bochum, Germany detected it and that is how the world got to know of it. Because the Russians had not said anything. But that was all.
Only ISRO will be able to decode and utilise the signals.

So if we build a station in Germany or France, we can get coverage over Europe too?

 

[Capt.Popeye]

So if we build a station in Germany or France, we can get coverage over Europe too?

Probably not. Only ONE Satellite cannot give a Position Fix. You would need 3 to 4 satellites over the horizon at the observor's position to achieve that. From what I can see, that will not happen.

 

[IND151]

Anyone can receive transmissions from a satellite. Even your normal Sky Dish Set. It is more a matter of decoding the signal. Signal is always there. The Germans just received the signal. Cannot decode though. ISRO can. It is their signal!

Just like common soviet citizens could hear the signal of sputnik on radio