Xue Jianguo, a former executive at China’s largest arms manufacturer who later helped push for civilian use of the BeiDou ...

State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China published a white paper titled "China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System" on Thursday. 中国积极培育北斗系统的应用 ...

The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System is China's version of GPS. Uniquely, it's made up of two separate satellite constellations and it's been claimed that, with post-processing, it's accurate to ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready to launch the NVS-02 satellite (2nd generation of NavIC) at ...

China has ambitions for its rapidly expanding Beidou satellite navigation system to serve the whole world, not just Asia, but will it really be able to rival the well-established - and US-owned ...

China has successfully put into orbit the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 navigation system, further advancing the country as a major power in space. Tuesday's launch will allow China to no longer ...

Hunan province aims to further enhance its technological development and self-reliance this year by achieving breakthroughs ...

In 2017, while attending a fair in Zhaoxian County, Shijiazhuang, in Hebei, Zhang learned about the Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS). When the fair concluded, she contacted a technician with ...

China’s satellite navigation market is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years amid the nation’s efforts to strengthen the footing of its home-grown BeiDou system and expand the overseas ...

The third iteration of the Beidou Navigation Satellite System promises to provide global coverage for timing and navigation, offering an alternative to Russia’s GLONASS and the European Galileo ...

China is one step nearer to achieving global coverage with its navigation satellite system. The launch of Beidou-3M19 (Beidou-52) and Beidou-3M20 (Beidou-53) took place at 07:22 UTC, lofted by the ...

With China’s huge manufacturing muscle and massive population, expect BeiDou hardware to become commonplace incredibly quickly. Creating a global satellite navigation system is incredibly expensive.