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    2/5/2016

    Chinatolaunch40BeidounavigationsatellitesinfiveyearsTheEconomicTimes

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    ByPTI|5Feb,2016,07.47PMIST

    BEIJING:Chinaplanstolaunchnearly40Beidounavigationsatellitesinthenextfiveyears
    tosupportitsambitiousglobalnavigationandpositioningnetworkthatithopeswillendthe
    dominanceofUSoperatedGPS.
    Chinesescientistrecentlylaunchedanewgenerationsatellite,the21stintheBeidou
    NavigationSatelliteSystem,intoorbitonMonday.
    EighteenmoresatelliteswillbeputintoorbitforBeidou'snavigationservicebytheendof
    2018,staterunXinhuaNewsAgencyquotedRanChengqi,spokespersonoftheBeidou
    NavigationSatelliteSystemanddirectoroftheChinaSatelliteNavigationOfficeassaying.
    Chinaplanstolaunchnearly40Beidounavigationsatellitesin

    RansaidthepositioningaccuracyoftheBeidouNavigationSatelliteSysteminsideChina
    hasreachedfivemeters,withtheimprovementofasoftwarealgorithmandothertechnology
    development.
    Accordingtoearlierreports,ChinaplannedtosetupacompleteBeidousystemconsisting
    of35satellitesby2020,whichprovidedglobalcoveragewithpositioningaccuracyofless
    than10metersandtimingaccuracyof20nanoseconds.

    thenextfiveyearstosupportitsambitiousglobalnavigationand
    positioningnetworkthatithopeswillendthedominanceofUS
    operatedGPS.

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    Thefirst16BeidousatellitesformedanetworkthatonlycoveredChinaandnearbyregions.Thefirstnewgenerationsatellite,the17thin
    total,waslaunchedinMarch2015tohelpthenetworktransitionfromregionaltoglobalcoverage.
    Onceinorbit,the21stsatellite,thefifthofthenewgeneration,willjoinitsfourpredecessorsintestingintersatellitecrosslinksandanew
    navigationsignallingsystemthatwillsettheframeworkandtechnicalstandardsforglobalcoverage.
    ChinaplanstoexpandtheBeidouservicestomostofthecountriescoveredinits"BeltandRoad"initiativeby2018,andofferglobal
    coverageby2020.
    GPS,operatedandmaintainedbytheUSAirForce,isaconstellationof24ormoresatellitesflying20,350kmabovethesurfaceofthe
    Earth.Eachonecirclestheplanettwiceadayinoneofsixorbitstoprovidecontinuous,worldwidecoverage.
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