beidou, glonass, gps, navic

Satellites: How China’s Beidou Will Affect the U.S. and the World

By June this year, China will send its final two satellites of the Beidou network into space, thus making the navigation system fully operational. This will take the total number of Beidou satellites orbiting earth to 35, overtaking the U.S. GPS satellite network, which has 24 in orbit.   China’s Beidou Back in 2017, a ...

Max Lu

The Beidou GPS satellite.

No More GPS: China’s Alternative Service Will Be Completed This Year

Beidou is China’s own satellite positioning system that will allow the country to cut back its reliance on America’s GPS technology for military and communication purposes. First rolled out in 2000, Beidou will have 35 satellites in the network. Thirty-three of these satellites have already been launched and the remaining two will be in position ...

Armin Auctor

The Beidou GPS satellite.