China’s BeiDou, GPS and great power competition

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…
China’s super-thin atomic clocks achieve mass production

Photo: Beidou constellation China’s super-thin rubidium atomic clock, which is just 17 millimeters thick, has been put into mass production, according to Xinhua News Agency. The clock, developed in 2018 by a research institute under the China Aerospace Science and…