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For decades, the United States treated satellite navigation as a quiet monopoly, with GPS embedded in everything from ride‑hailing apps to precision bombs. That era is over. China has built a rival ...

More than 30 years of planning and development have borne fruit six months ahead of schedule, as China's complete BeiDou-3 global satellite positioning system was formally commissioned this month. The ...

China has launched two more satellites for its Beidou constellation, a rival to the US-controlled GPS navigation system. The Compass M3 and M4 satellites took off from the Xichang Satellite Launch ...

Products and services compatible with China's navigation system have captured 58 per cent market share in countries in the trade initiative Products and applications compatible with BeiDou, China's ...

China has ambitions for its rapidly expanding Beidou satellite navigation system to serve the whole world, not just Asia, but will it really be able to rival the well-established - and US-owned - GPS ...