China to complete Beidou competitor to GPS with new launches

guest · Dec 27, 2019

China to complete Beidou competitor to GPS with new launches
December 27, 2019
https://apnews.com/60bb47493da2160d943d7e8a66ea67b5

China said Friday its Beidou Navigation Satellite System that emulates the U.S. Global Positioning System will be competed with the launch of its final two satellites in the first half of next year.

Ran described the system at a rare news conference as having “high performance indicators, new technology systems, high localization, mass production networking and a wide range of users.”

“Before June 2020, we plan to launch two more satellites into geostationary orbit and the Beidou-3 system will be fully completed,” Ran said.
The latest launches mark the third iteration of Beidou, meaning “Big Dipper,” the first of which was decommissioned in 2012. Future plans call for a smarter, more accessible and more integrated system with Beidou at its core, to come online by 2035, Ran said.
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guest · Jun 13, 2020

Fourth major global navigation system set to be completed this month
June 12, 2020
https://www.neowin.net/news/fourth-major-global-navigation-system-set-to-be-completed-this-month

Reuters has reported that China’s BeiDou satellite network is set to be completed at some point this month. The date of the final satellite launch isn’t known yet, but once complete, the constellation will have better global coverage. The network has both military and civilian applications like other constellations.

China has been launching BeiDou satellites since 2000, completing BeiDou-1 by 2003; BeiDou-1 covered China and several surrounding countries. By 2012, BeiDou-2 superseded BeiDou-1 and consisted of 35 satellites and served much of Asia and Oceania. BeiDou-3, the system set to be completed this month, comprises of three GEO satellites, three IGSO satellites and twenty-four MEO satellites. Together these provide global coverage.

BeiDou is already supported by a lot of mobile devices. They use BeiDou satellites as well as GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo satellites to help you find your location;
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According to Reuters, BeiDou is accurate to 10 cm in the Asia-Pacific compared to GPS’s 30 cm range. The European Union’s Galileo is still more accurate than both, giving the public 1-metre accuracy and 1 cm accuracy for the military.
Overall, as far as average consumers are concerned, BeiDou’s completion is a positive step forward.
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guest · Jun 23, 2020

China just launched final Beidou satellite to complete its own version of GPS
June 22, 2020
https://www.cnet.com/news/china-just-launched-its-final-satellite-in-homegrown-gps-like-system/

China successfully launched the final satellite of its Beidou navigation system into space on Tuesday. It's Beijing's answer to the US government-owned GPS and will help the country reduce its reliance on American technology.

The satellite launch took place shortly before 10 a.m. local time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the country's southwestern Sichuan province. The launch, which was broadcast live, was deemed a success after about 20 minutes.
China has been working on its own satellite navigation network for more than two decades.
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