China Launch Beidou GPS Rival System
Date: Friday, December 30 @ 12:03:50 UTC
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China has started operating and offering navigational data from its own satellite navigation system for the first time.
The new system, named Beidou, is part of China's plans to create a rival to the US run Global Positioning System (GPS). So far there are 10 Beidou satellites in operation, but a further 25 satellites are in the pipeline to launch.
A total of six more satellites are planned to launch in 2012, which will allow for satellite coverage over most of Asia, with a full network planned to be 35 satellites strong by 2020.
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