For decades, the United States treated satellite navigation as a quiet monopoly, with GPS embedded in everything from ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese Beidou navigation network will be complete this month when its final satellite goes into orbit, giving China greater independence from U.S.-owned GPS and heating up ...

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’s own global navigation system is now complete. Today, the country launched the last of the satellites that comprise its Beidou Navigation Satellite System, CNBC reports. Beidou has long been ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BEIJING (AP) — China said Friday its Beidou ...

HELSINKI — China will launch Beidou navigation satellites in March and May this year, completing a constellation designed for an array of civil and military applications. A Long March 3B rocket ...

China has launched two satellites into medium-Earth orbits (MEO) for its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, reported the China Satellite Navigation Office. The satellites were carried by a Long March ...