BEIJING--China on Tuesday launched the final satellite in its Beidou constellation that emulates the U.S. Global Positioning System, marking a further step in the country’s advance as a major ...

A few weeks ago, China launched the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 satellite positioning system. Didn’t know that China had its own GPS? How about Europe’s Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS ...

HELSINKI — China is expanding its presence and capabilities in the strategically vital geostationary belt, raising security ...

With the launch Monday of a new pair of navigation satellites, China is one step nearer to achieving global coverage with its navigation satellite system. The launch of Beidou-3M19 (Beidou-52 ...

operates several satellite launch centers and training bases across China. It manages communication and intelligence satellites, which provide space-based reconnaissance and uses the BeiDou ...

Russia’s military satellite constellations, like Rodnik-S and Meridian-M, and China’s BeiDou navigation system, are likely ...

China has conducted a pioneering ... between satellites in its BeiDou navigation system and ground stations on Earth. The method could allow a satellite to beam data to the ground at several ...

With the BeiDou system set to be completed in May, China is stepping up efforts to sell other countries on its global satellite navigation system.