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China's Beidou GPS rival gets more satellites

China has launched two more satellites for its Beidou constellation, a rival to the US-controlled GPS navigation system. The Compass... Read more

1 May, 2012

Next Galileo GPS satellites get launch date

...Galileo faces competition not only from GPS, but also from China's Beidou and Russia's GLONASS constellations. Beidou is already operational and added two... Read more

4 May, 2012

China's space plan shows global intent

...Earth observation system." The plans go hand in hand with China's Beidou/Constellation network of satellites, which provides the country with its own version... Read more

30 December, 2011

China turns on GPS rival

...State Council Information Office announced on Tuesday that the constellation of 10 Beidou/Compass satellites had started offering positioning, timing and navigation services across China... Read more

28 December, 2011

Galileo satellites set for Soyuz-powered lift-off

...has recently been revamping Glonass, while China has a regional system called Beidou that it intends to take global in the form of a new... Read more

18 October, 2011 by David Meyer
Design of Multi-Channel and Distributed Wireless Communication Network Architecture for UUVs

Design of Multi-Channel and Distributed Wireless Communication Network Architecture for UUVs

...acoustic modem, and the surface communication consists of RF, Wi-Fi, and BeiDou. Internal communication portal is TCP/UDP. In order to avoid interference and... Read more

1 June, 2011

Government funds sat-nav integration project

...list that is currently in a state of completion — Galileo, China's Beidou/Compass, Russia's Glonass, India's Gagan and Japan's MSAS Read more

3 April, 2008 by David Meyer

UK leads in Galileo-procurement shortlist

...Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation of satellites. Other rivals include China's Beidou/Compass, Russia's Glonass, India's Gagan and Japan's MSAS. Galileo... Read more

22 September, 2008 by David Meyer
Europe needs Galileo to find its way

Europe needs Galileo to find its way

...more things like it. Unlike the US Navstar, Russian Glonass and Chinese Beidou systems, Galileo has been designed to be reliable enough to be used... Read more

21 May, 2007 by Leader
Why you should care about GPS in mobiles

Why you should care about GPS in mobiles

...Glonass system for 2010, and some suggest China could try extending its Beidou satellite constellation. For now, let's take "GPS" to mean global navigation... Read more

17 January, 2007 by David Meyer
Europe's orbiting dilemma

Europe's orbiting dilemma

Galileo figures role. Magnifico? Read more

8 December, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

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