Alert 5 - Military Aviation News: China's Compass to rival GPS

Friday, July 03, 2009

China's Compass, or Beidou (Big Dipper) global navigation satellite system will have 12 satellites working by 2011 to offer regional navigational service.

Hu Gang, vice-president of Beijing BDStar Navigation Co Ltd, said only two Compass satellites have been reportedly launched into orbit so far.

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