China keeps adding to their Beidou navigation constellation up in orbit. They just launched towering March 3C rocket carrying another navigation satellite toward their own navigation system. additionally called Compass, the navigation satellites will supply location data free for everyone with 10 meters accuracy but a more precise position fix will be available to the military.

China expects to put up 35 of these satellites up in orbit for a global coverage by 2020.

As we’ve talked about before a few other nations are plus trying to get their navigation satellites up in orbit to stop relying on U.S. for location knowledge.

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Chinese Beidou navigation satellite now in orbit

Original post by Tim Robbins