China Completes Its Own GPS Alternative ‘BeiDou’ After 20 Years

China has successfully launched the last satellite that completes its home-grown Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) known as BeiDou. The liftoff happened at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (at 0143 GMT on June 23), located in the southern part of China. However, the launch got delayed by a week due to some technical problems. China […]

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