Articles tagged: Beidou navigation satellites

• 29 August 2018 New national launch record for China

  With the launch of two Beidou navigation satellites, China has beaten its previous national record for the number of launches in a calendar year as the country ramps up its aerospace activities. The Beidou system is China’s equivalent to Europe’s ...

  • Beidou navigation satellites
  • Landspace Technology Corporation
  • OneSpace
  • The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)
  • Zhuque-1
• 07 August 2017 Russia and China set to sign Moon exploration deal this autumn

  ... the International Space Station, Glavkosmos and China are also currently aiming to make their GLONASS and BeiDou navigation satellite systems mutually compatible and have plans to install adjusting ground-based stations in their respected partners...

  • BeiDou navigation satellite system
  • Glavkosmos
  • GLONASS
  • moon exploration
  • roscosmos
• June 2021 China’s ascending commercial space sector

  ... Road Spatial Information Corridor, which is likely to remain in the coming years. In just over three decades China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) - named after the Chinese term for the Big Dipper constellation - has achieved a range...

  • China space sector
  • China Space Station
  • Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST)
  • Tianwen-1
  Authors: Blaine Curcio