GPS China

China Launches Two Satellites As It Builds GPS Rival

Phys Org | July 26, 2015

China launched two new satellites into space Saturday, state media reported, as it builds a homegrown satellite navigation system to rival the US's Global Positioning System.

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A rocket carrying the satellites was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan province at 8:29 pm (1229 GMT), the official Xinhua news agency said.

<more at http://phys.org/news/2015-07-china-satellites-gps-rival.html; related links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_data_in_China (Restrictions on geographic data in China) and http://www.virtualtrademission.org/documents/ChinaGPS2015.pdf (Welcome to the 2015 China Global Positioning Summer (China GPS) Program! Learn with China’s Present and Future Leaders in Beijing from July 12 to July 23)>