China Launches Eighth Satellite For Indigenous Global Navigation

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China Launches Eighth Satellite For Indigenous Global Navigation

China early Sunday morning successfully launched its eighth orbiter which will form part of its indigenous satellite-navigation and -positioning network.It will join seven other satellites already in orbit to form a network which will eventually consist of more than 30 satellites.

The launching of the satellite marks the establishment of a basic system for the navigation and positioning network, said an unidentified spokesperson for the Xichang Satellite Launch Center…..MORE HERE

A Long March-3A carrier rocket carrying the “Beidou,” or Compass, navigation satellite took off at 4:47 a.m. Sunday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

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