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The Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS), also named BeiDou-2,<ref name=Chinese_today>[http://www.sinodefence.com/space/satellite/compass-beidou2.asp Compass Satellite Navigation System (Beidou), on Sinodefence.com, updated on August 6th, 2011.] </ref> 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.<ref name=Chinese_today/><ref name=COMPASS_Wiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_navigation_system COMPASS Navigation system in Wikipedia]</ref>
The Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS), also named BeiDou-2,<ref name=Chinese_today>[http://www.sinodefence.com/space/satellite/compass-beidou2.asp Compass Satellite Navigation System (Beidou), on Sinodefence.com, updated on August 6th, 2011.] </ref> 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.<ref name=Chinese_today/><ref name=COMPASS_Wiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_navigation_system COMPASS Navigation system in Wikipedia]</ref>


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/> The system is currently under development evolving from a regional system called [[Other Regional Systems|BeiDou-1]], and in the first phase will provide high-accuracy positioning services for users in China and its neighboring regions by 2012.<ref name=Chinese_today/> In a second stage, the system will evolve 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 December 2011, ten satellites for Compass have been launched, the first eight of which completed the deployment foreseen for the first phase of BeiDou-2.<ref name=Chinese_today/><ref name=BEIDOU_MUNICH_2011>China Satellite Navigation Office, ''Development of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System'', Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, 2011.</ref><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> Also in December 2011, the COMPASS system went into operation on a trial basis  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, the system is going to launch another 6 satellites<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 />. 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]. Until 2020, the system is going to launch the remaining satellites and [COMPASS_Future_and_Evolutions|evolve]] towards global navigation capability.[4][3].


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  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.