BeiDou to open to the public – Chip cost lower than GPS
Mar 21st
The Chinese drivers will be able to use BeiDou satellite navigation system next year for navigation. According to Sun jiadong, the chief designer for the Chinese BeiDou satellite navigation system, BeiDou will cover the Asia-Pacific region in 2012 and will be open to the public. China has already launched seven BeiDou satellites into the sky [...]
China launched its fourth satellite of Compass navigation system
Jun 3rd
According to China Compass navigation system official site, China launched its fourth satellite of Compass navigation system (BeiDou-2) successfully at 23:53 last night, an important move toward the completion of the world’s fourth independent GPS navigation system. China set up its first BeiDou-1 navigation system by 2003 which consists three BeiDou experimental satellites, it covers [...]
