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BeiDou General Introduction

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COMPASSCOMPASS
Title BeiDou General Introduction
Author(s) GMV.
Level Basic
Year of Publication 2011
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The Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS), or BeiDou 2, is China’s second-generation satellite navigation system capable of providing continuous, real-time passive 3D geo-spatial positioning and speed measurement. The system will initially used to provide high-accuracy positioning services for users in China and its neighbouring regions, covering an area of about 120 degrees longitude in the Northern Hemisphere. The long-term goal is to develop an independent global navigation satellite network similar to the GPS and GLONASS. [1]

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