A model of China’s BeiDou navigation satellite system on display at the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in 2018. (Picture: AP) A model of China’s BeiDou navigation satellite system on display at the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in 2018. (Picture: AP)
A model of China’s BeiDou navigation satellite system on display at the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in 2018. (Picture: AP)
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China nears completion of GPS rival BeiDou

China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System is on course to be completed next year, with all medium Earth orbit BeiDou-3 satellites launching by the end of 2019

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Xinmei Shen
Xinmei Shen

Updated: 10:00am, 11 Dec, 2019

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A model of China’s BeiDou navigation satellite system on display at the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in 2018. (Picture: AP) A model of China’s BeiDou navigation satellite system on display at the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in 2018. (Picture: AP)
A model of China’s BeiDou navigation satellite system on display at the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in 2018. (Picture: AP)
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