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RE: Beidou 2 (Compass) satellite

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China Launch 8th Beidou Compass Satellite

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China launches its 8th navigation satellite

Pressing ahead with its plans to put together its own Global Positioning System (GPS) to rival the American network, China today launched its eighth navigation satellite, which will form part of its indigenous satellite-navigation set-up.
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A Long March-3A carrier rocket carrying the "Beidou," or Compass, navigation satellite took off at 4:47 a.m. Sunday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
It will join seven other satellites already in orbit to form a network which will eventually consist of more than 30 satellites.
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Ed ~ The Chang Zheng-3A rocket launched at 20:47 UTC. 9th April, 2011.

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A Chinese Long March 3A rocket is scheduled to launch a Beidou 2 (Compass) navigational satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern Sichuan province, on the 10th April, 2011.

The second-generation Beidou satellite navigation system is China's equivalent to the US GPS navigation system.