China’s own global navigation system is now complete. Today, the country launched the last of the satellites that comprise its Beidou Navigation Satellite System, CNBC reports. Beidou has long been ...

A Long March 3B lifts off from Xichang carrying the 59th and 60th Beidou navigation satellites into orbit, Sept. 19 (UTC), 2024. Credit: CASC HELSINKI — China launched the last pair of backup ...

China’s BeiDou GNSS is newer, has more features, is more accurate, and has more satellites in the skies of more nations than the venerable U.S. GPS, according to Sarah Sewall, Executive Vice President ...

The two new satellites, BeiDou-3 M1 and BeiDou-3 M2, are in orbital slots 1 and 6 of Plane 1 (or A Plane), respectively. The satellites are designated BDS M1-S and M2-S — the “S” may stand for “Test” ...

A Long March 3B lifts off from Xichang carrying the 59th and 60th Beidou navigation satellites into orbit, Sept. 19 (UTC), 2024. Credit: CASC HELSINKI — China has announced a strategic roadmap for ...

China is investing $810 million into the development of Beidou (BDS), the navigation satellite system that it is positioning as a rival to the U.S.-developed GPS. According to China Daily, the money ...

ZHUZHOU, China, Sept. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On September 24th, at the opening of the 4th International Summit on the Large-scale Application of Beidou (hereinafter referred to as the "Beidou ...

We’ve talked about the upcoming Beidou Little Pepper 7 handset quite recently. This will be a selfie focused handset which will allegedly feature a 20-megapixel snapper on the front. If you’d like to ...