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Although the upgrade of its regional navigation system towards a global solution started in 1997, the formal approval by the Government of the development and deployment of BeiDou-2/CNSS was done in 2004<ref name=Chinese_today/> and it is expected to provide global navigation services by 2020, similarly to the [[GPS General Introduction|GPS]], [[GLONASS General Introduction|GLONASS]] or [[GALILEO General Introduction|Galileo]] systems.<ref name=Chinese_today/>
Although the upgrade of its regional navigation system towards a global solution started in 1997, the formal approval by the Government of the development and deployment of BeiDou-2/CNSS was done in 2004<ref name=Chinese_today/> and it is expected to provide global navigation services by 2020, similarly to the [[GPS General Introduction|GPS]], [[GLONASS General Introduction|GLONASS]] or [[GALILEO General Introduction|Galileo]] systems.<ref name=Chinese_today/>


As of December 2011, the COMPASS system was officially announced to provide Initial Operational Service providing initial passive positioning navigation and timing services for the whole Asia-Pacific region with a constellation of 10 satellites (5 GEO satellites and 5 IGSO satellites)<ref name="China Daily">[http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2011-12/28/content_14343656.htm Satellite navigation system launched], China Daily Europe, December 2011.</ref><ref name=COMPASS_Wiki />. During 2012, 5 additional satellites (1 GEO satellites and 4 MEO satellites) where launched increasing to 14 the number of satellites of the constellation. Until 2020, the system is going to launch the remaining satellites and [[COMPASS_Future_and_Evolutions|evolve]] towards global navigation capability.<ref name=BEIDOU_MUNICH_2011>China Satellite Navigation Office, ''Development of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System'', Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, 2011.</ref><ref name="China Daily" />.
As of December 2011, the COMPASS system was officially announced to provide Initial Operational Service providing initial passive positioning navigation and timing services for the whole Asia-Pacific region with a constellation of 10 satellites (5 GEO satellites and 5 IGSO satellites)<ref name="China Daily">[http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2011-12/28/content_14343656.htm Satellite navigation system launched], China Daily Europe, December 2011.</ref><ref name=COMPASS_Wiki />. During 2012, 5 additional satellites (1 GEO satellites and 4 MEO satellites) were launched increasing to 14 the number of satellites of the constellation. Until 2020, the system is going to launch the remaining satellites and [[COMPASS_Future_and_Evolutions|evolve]] towards global navigation capability.<ref name=BEIDOU_MUNICH_2011>China Satellite Navigation Office, ''Development of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System'', Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, 2011.</ref><ref name="China Daily" />.





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COMPASSCOMPASS
Title BeiDou General Introduction
Edited by GMV
Level Basic
Year of Publication 2011

The Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS), also named BeiDou-2,[1] 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.[1][2]

Although the upgrade of its regional navigation system towards a global solution started in 1997, the formal approval by the Government of the development and deployment of BeiDou-2/CNSS was done in 2004[1] and it is expected to provide global navigation services by 2020, similarly to the GPS, GLONASS or Galileo systems.[1]

As of December 2011, the COMPASS system was officially announced to provide Initial Operational Service providing initial passive positioning navigation and timing services for the whole Asia-Pacific region with a constellation of 10 satellites (5 GEO satellites and 5 IGSO satellites)[3][2]. During 2012, 5 additional satellites (1 GEO satellites and 4 MEO satellites) were launched increasing to 14 the number of satellites of the constellation. Until 2020, the system is going to launch the remaining satellites and evolve towards global navigation capability.[4][3].


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References

  1. ^ a b c d Compass Satellite Navigation System (Beidou), on Sinodefence.com, updated on August 6th, 2011.
  2. ^ a b COMPASS Navigation system in Wikipedia
  3. ^ a b Satellite navigation system launched, China Daily Europe, December 2011.
  4. ^ China Satellite Navigation Office, Development of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, 2011.