China Launches Another 2 Navigation System Satellites
SOURCE: Xinhua
UPDATED: 2012-09-20
XICHANG, Sichuan, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched another two satellites into space for its indigenous global navigation and positioning network at 3:10 a.m. Beijing time on Wednesday.
They were the 14th and 15th satellites for the BeiDou, or Compass, system. The satellites, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, were boosted by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
Since it started to provide services on a trial basis on Dec. 27, 2011, the BeiDou system has been stable and its services have been increased and improved, said a spokesman for the China Satellite Navigation Office.
The system has been used in transportation, weather forecasting, marine fisheries, forestry, telecommunications, hydrological monitoring and mapping, according to the spokesman.
They were the 14th and 15th satellites for the BeiDou, or Compass, system. The satellites, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, were boosted by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
Since it started to provide services on a trial basis on Dec. 27, 2011, the BeiDou system has been stable and its services have been increased and improved, said a spokesman for the China Satellite Navigation Office.
The system has been used in transportation, weather forecasting, marine fisheries, forestry, telecommunications, hydrological monitoring and mapping, according to the spokesman.