For decades, the United States treated satellite navigation as a quiet monopoly, with GPS embedded in everything from ...

China launched a satellite for its BeiDou navigation system system on Tuesday night (May 16), the first time it had done so in nearly three years. The BeiDou satellite lifted off atop a Long March 3B ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese Beidou navigation network will be complete this month when its final satellite goes into orbit, giving China greater independence from U.S.-owned GPS and heating up ...

HELSINKI — China will launch Beidou navigation satellites in March and May this year, completing a constellation designed for an array of civil and military applications. A Long March 3B rocket ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Chinese Beidou satellite navigation system is almost finished, thanks to the launch of a new ...

China‘s BeiDou navigation system has achieved a significant milestone by being internationally recognized as a global standard for commercial aviation. This recognition marks a major leap in satellite ...

BEIJING, Aug 3 (Reuters) - China said on Monday that 28-nanometre chips that enable mobile devices to receive signals from the Beidou navigation system are in mass production and mass manufacturing of ...

The spacecraft is the 56th BeiDou satellite to get off the ground. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China launched a satellite for ...