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The Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS), | The Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS), also named BeiDou-2, is China’s second-generation satellite navigation system that will be capable of providing positioning, navigation, and timing services to users on a continuous worldwide basis. | ||
The system | On November 2, 2006, China announced the 2nd generation Chinese navigation system, COMPASS<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_navigation_system COMPASS Navigation system in Wikipedia]</ref>. The system is currently under development evolving from a regional system called BeiDou-1, and in the first phase will provide high-accuracy positioning services for users in China and its neighbouring regions. As of April 2011, eight satellites for Compass have been launched. According to an official report<ref name="Compass-IGSO3">[http://business.globaltimes.cn/industries/2011-04/642763.html ''China completes basic Beidou (Compass) Navigation Satellite System''], 2011-04-10 by Globaltimes.cn</ref>, " ''the eighth Beidou/Compass satellite marks the completion of basic function of Beidou (Compass) Navigation Satellite System'' " . | ||
The long-term goal is to develop an independent ''global'' navigation satellite system similar to the GPS and GLONASS.<ref name=Chinese_today>[http://www.sinodefence.com/space/spacecraft/beidou2.asp Compass on the Chinese Defence Today website] </ref> | |||
==COMPASS Future and Evolutions== | ==COMPASS Future and Evolutions== | ||
Revision as of 10:36, 29 July 2011
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| Title | BeiDou Future and Evolutions |
| Author(s) | GMV. |
| Level | Basic |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
The Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS), also named BeiDou-2, is China’s second-generation satellite navigation system that will be capable of providing positioning, navigation, and timing services to users on a continuous worldwide basis.
On November 2, 2006, China announced the 2nd generation Chinese navigation system, COMPASS[1]. The system is currently under development evolving from a regional system called BeiDou-1, and in the first phase will provide high-accuracy positioning services for users in China and its neighbouring regions. As of April 2011, eight satellites for Compass have been launched. According to an official report[2], " the eighth Beidou/Compass satellite marks the completion of basic function of Beidou (Compass) Navigation Satellite System " .
The long-term goal is to develop an independent global navigation satellite system similar to the GPS and GLONASS.[3]
COMPASS Future and Evolutions
By April 2011, the initial phase of COMPASS system has been completed with a constellation of 4 GEO satellites and 3 IGSO satellites. During 2011, the system is going to launch another 4 Beidou Navigation Satellites, providing initial passive positioning navigation and timing services for the whole Asia-Pacific region.[4]
The global COMPASS system will be completed by 2020, with a complete Walker constellation (27 MEOs) plus 5 GEOs and the existing 3 IGSOs satellites of the regional system.[5][4]
Among the China State Council's strategies there is the Satellite Navigation Technology as a very important component of the new generation information technology. China encourages international cooperation to ensure compatibility and interoperability with other navigation systems.[4]
Notes
References
- ^ COMPASS Navigation system in Wikipedia
- ^ China completes basic Beidou (Compass) Navigation Satellite System, 2011-04-10 by Globaltimes.cn
- ^ Compass on the Chinese Defence Today website
- ^ a b c COMPASS Status Presentation, Munich Satellite Navigation Summit March 2011.
- ^ Compass/BeiuDou status presentation in Rome (Italy), June 11, 2009.