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March 29th, 2011
Chinese Beidou System to Challenge U.S. Dominancy

Beidou, the China’s second generation of satellite system features services of locating, navigation, timing and even text message communication covering the Asia Pacific region by 2012, said the system chief designer Sun Jiadong. Such upgrades are perceived by experts as potential great power to break current U.S –Russian dominant structure. The Beidou system is estimated to be able to perform regional navigation and locating on the successful launch of the third inclined geosynchronous orbit (IGSO) satellite in April 2011. Read More