Spacewatch: China launches last BeiDou satellite to rival GPS
by Stuart Clark from Science | The Guardian on (#551NF)
Third iteration hoisted into space offers alternative to US, EU and Russian navigation systems
China launched the final satellite of its BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province at 9.43am local time (0243 BST) on 23 June 2020.
Developed by the China Academy of Space Technology, the satellite is the 30th in the constellation, and was carried into space by a Long March 3B rocket.
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