CGTN | 01-Aug-2020
Named after the Chinese word for the Big Dipper or Plough constellation, the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) project was launched in early 1990s and became operational within China in 2000 and the Asia-Pacific region in 2012. With the upgrade to its third-generation satellites, a constellation consisting of 35 satellites is ready to provide global satnav coverage, offering an alternative to Russia’s GLONASS, the European Union’s Galileo and America’s GPS. (Cover image via CFP).
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