Recent completion of China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system has rekindled privacy and security concerns among some in the West. China has incorporated a two-way messaging capability into BeiDou ...

Fifteen years after the Beidou satellite was launched, the GPS-like navigational system is helping to generate $31.5 billion for major companies.

China launched the last satellite in its Beidou navigation network on Tuesday, completing a new rival to GPS and cementing its place in an elite group of countries with their own global navigation ...

The BeiDou satellite lifted off atop a Long March 3B rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Tuesday at 10:49 p.m. EDT (0249 GMT and 10:49 a.m. local ...

HELSINKI — A Long March 3B lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 2:09 p.m. Eastern Monday, sending a Beidou satellite toward an inclined geosynchronous orbit.

“The launch of a backup Beidou-2 satellite will ensure the system’s continuous and stable operation,” said Yang Hui, chief designer of the Beidou-2 series. Some of the Beidou-2 satellites are nearing ...

The final satellite to complete the third-generation network of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System was launched on Tuesday morning, marking a new milestone in the nation's space endeavors.

China and the U.S. are engaged in a battle for dominance in satellite-based positioning, navigation and timing, known as PNT, and Beijing is catching up to America's Global Positioning System with ...

China is rapidly advancing its home-grown BeiDou satellite navigation system, aiming to bolster its market presence both domestically and internationally.According to a new report by the Global ...

China launched a satellite for its BeiDou navigation system system on Tuesday night (May 16), the first time it had done so in nearly three years.