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China's Beidou system starts service in Asian-Pacific

China's indigenous Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) on Thursday began providing services to users in the Asian-Pacific region, according to a spokesman of the system.
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Beidou-2 IGS-1 Launch atop Long March 3A rocket

 



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China plans 11-fold rise in GPS sats

China's new indigenously developed satellite navigation system, called Beidou, is expected to focus on storm and earthquake forecasting and disaster rescue operations, scientists said.
This is in contrast with the NAVSTAR GPS in the US, which allows its defence to locate and hit terrorists and military targets with missiles in remote areas in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It also helps provide commercial navigational services for transportation, telecommunications and other needs.
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China's Beidou Project global satellite navigation system to cover Asia-Pacific in 2012



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China wants to become the next big player in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology. Zhang Xiaojin, director of the astronautics department at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, recently confirmed that China will complete its new Beidou 2 or "Compass" GNSS consisting of 30 more satellites before 2015, with 10 or more new Compass satellites scheduled for launch over the next two years.

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The People's Republic of China has decided that it does not want anything to do with the filthy capitalist GPS system of the imperialist American government.
According to State Media, China is preparing to build its own satellite navigation system by 2015 and become independent foreign technology.
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China on early Saturday morning launched a navigation satellite, part of the country's "Compass" navigational system, which is expected to provide services to customers all over China and neighbouring countries by 2008.
The carrier rocket, Long March 3-A, blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 4:11 a.m., and sources with the centre said that the satellite had "accurately" entered its orbit, at the height of 21,500 km.
The "Compass" navigational system is mainly designed for economic development.
The system includes at least 35 satellites.
This launch represents the 97th flight of China's Long March series of rockets.

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Chinese scientists and technicians have fixed a glitch in the recently launched Beidou (Big Dipper) experimental navigation satellite after 60 days of hard work, according to the Xi'an Satellite Control Centre.
The control centre reported that satellite number 4 is once again functioning normally.
The Beidou satellites provide all-weather and all-day navigation and positioning information.
Satellite 4, which went into orbit on Feb. 3, was unable to deploy its solar panels correctly after launch, said an official with the control centre.
China has put four Beidou (Big Dipper) experimental navigation satellites into orbit. The previous three were launched in 2000 and 2003.
 Satellite number four serves as a backup satellite for the whole system and may some day replace Beidou 1, according to space officials.

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The launch over the weekend by China of a navigation satellite , its first for four years, could signal the country's challenge to the American Global Positioning System (GPS) and Europe's fledgling Galileo network, in which China is already a partner.
The so called Bediou satellite is bound for a circular geostationary orbit about 22,300 miles high, where it will join three other Beidou craft launched during the past seven years.

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China has launched the Beidou (Big Dipper/Compass)  experimental navigation satellite into space at 0:28 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Saturday.
The satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launching Centre in southwest China's Sichuan province aboard a Long March 3-A rocket.
The satellite separated from the rocket 24 minutes into the flight and has successfully entered its planned orbit. The satellite will eventually be part of a planned GPS constellation of 35 satellites, including five geo-stationary (GEO) Earth orbit satellites and 30 medium Earth orbit satellites.
The launch represents the 95th flight of China's Long March series of rockets.

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