China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Sun, Aug 1, 2010, 10:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched the latest in a series of Chinese navigation satellites on Sunday. The Long March 3A rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 5:30 pm EDT Saturday (2130 GMT Saturday, 5:30 am Beijing time Sunday) and placed the Beidou satellite into orbit. The satellite is the fifth in the Beidou-2, or Compass, satellite navigation system, and also the first intended to operate from an inclined geosynchronous orbit; previous spacecraft had been in standard geosynchronous orbits. China plans to eventually deploy a full-fledged global satellite navigation system similar to the American GPS system.
A Long March rocket launched the latest in a series of Chinese navigation satellites on Sunday. The Long March 3A rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 5:30 pm EDT Saturday (2130 GMT Saturday, 5:30 am Beijing time Sunday) and placed the Beidou satellite into orbit. The satellite is the fifth in the Beidou-2, or Compass, satellite navigation system, and also the first intended to operate from an inclined geosynchronous orbit; previous spacecraft had been in standard geosynchronous orbits. China plans to eventually deploy a full-fledged global satellite navigation system similar to the American GPS system.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
Senate committee advances Isaacman nomination to lead NASA
Posted: Sun, May 4 10:23 AM ET (1423 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Friday, May 9
Starlink’s launch in India now a matter of when, not if
TechCrunch — 6:27 am ET (1027 GMT) Musk’s Starlink Edges Closer to India Launch with Government Approval
IndUS Business Journal — 6:26 am ET (1026 GMT) SPACECOM Wants to Be Dynamic in Orbit. The Question Is How
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 6:24 am ET (1024 GMT) 'Ludicrous': Why South Texas locals have beef with FAA over Starbase launches
San Antonio Express-News — 6:23 am ET (1023 GMT) Italy’s Air Force chief champions commercial satellite integration
Decode39 — 6:23 am ET (1023 GMT) |
