Image: Xinhua News Agency China has launched two satellites into medium-Earth orbits (MEO) for its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, reported the China Satellite Navigation Office. The satellites were carried by a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch…
“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and unusual news stories involving the GNSS/PNT industry. Image: galitskaya/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images The scooter burglar By using location data and a username from a…
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 for Strategic Issues at IQT. Image: BeiDou…
More launches planned for March and May Four new satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) have passed tests in orbit and joined the system to provide positioning, navigation and timing services, according to China news service Xinhuanet. The…
China successfully sent two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 15:22 on Dec. 16. So far, 24 medium earth orbit (MEO) BDS-3 satellites have been successfully sent…
Yang Changfeng, Chief Architect, BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. (Photo: BeiDou) By Yang Changfeng Chief Architect, BeiDou Navigation Satellite System As one of the core Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) providers, the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (“BDS”) has been developed steadily…
Photo: Xinhua News Agency China has launched two more BeiDou III satellites. The launch took place on Sunday, March 23, according to the Xinhua News Agency using a Long March 3B rocket which lifted off from the Xichang space center…
Recently launched satellites of BeiDou Phase 3 program have started broadcasting new signals. Javad GNSS announced successful tracking of these signals and provided the adjacent figures. Interface control documents (ICDs) for B1C and B2A signals are available, while an ICD…
China successfully sent twin BeiDou navigation satellites into space on Aug. 25, aboard a single carrier rocket, according to news reports. The satellites are numbers 35 and 36 in the BeiDou navigation constellation. Read more about the launch here. GPS…
