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BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
Recently, which of the following country formally launched its Navigation Satellite System under the name BeiDou?
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China
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Russia
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Japan
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None of the above
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Explanation :
- China has completed its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System constellation, coming up with a product that can potentially rival the US Global Positioning System (GPS).
- China initiated BeiDou in 1994 with aims to integrate its application in different sectors, including fishery, agriculture, special care, mass-market applications, forestry and public security.
- The name BeiDou comes from Chinese word for the Big Dipper or Plough constellation.
- It consists of 27 satellites in medium Earth orbit, five in geostationary orbit and three more in inclined geosynchronous orbits.
- The navigation satellite system was completed in three steps: BDS-1 which provided services to China, BDS- 2 to provide services to the Asia-Pacific region and BDS-3 which provides services worldwide.
- China’s navigation system uses a network of satellites and can provide positional accuracies of under ten meters (GPS provides positioning accuracies of under 2.2 meters).
- BeiDou offers services including accurate positioning, navigation and timing as well as short message communication.
Other Countries’ Navigation Systems
- The GPS is owned by the US government and operated by the US Air Force.
- Apart from this, Russia has its navigation system called GLONASS, the European Union (EU) has Galileo, while India’s is called Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC).
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