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 ...

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 ...

The BeiDou satellite lifted off atop a Long March 3B rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Tuesday at 10:49 p.m. EDT (0249 GMT and 10:49 a.m. local ...

Using China’s BeiDou signals in U.S. civilian PNT systems is a practical step — it uses existing infrastructure to enhance security and stability. Integrating BeiDou could incentivize a form of PNT ...

Beidou is China’s own global navigation satellite system (GNSS) to rival the U.S. GPS, Europe’s Galileo and Russia’s GLONASS systems. China completed its construction in mid-2020.

A Long March 3B rocket with a YZ-1 upper stage lifts off from Xichang with the 57th and 58th Beidou satellites on Dec. 26 (UTC), 2023. Credit: Ourspace In the 20th century, the United States vied ...

A Long March 3B rocket carrying the Beidou-3GEO3 satellite lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang in China's southwestern Sichuan province on June 23, 2020. Boosters from ...

BeiDou, named for the Big Dipper constellation, is an advanced Chinese satellite system. It has grown to a network of some 45 satellites, combining high Earth orbit and medium Earth orbit ...

XICHANG, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday launched two new satellites of the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's ...

A new radar method developed by Chinese scientists is offering a cost-effective way to track stealth aircraft A groundbreaking radar being developed by Chinese scientists could detect and track F ...