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November 01, 2013

China's satellite navigation system to start oversea operation next year
Bangkok (XNA) Nov 01, 2013
China's homegrown Beidou Navigation Satellite System will be put into its first oversea operation in Thailand early next year. The announcement was made in Bangkok on Wednesday by China's Wuhan Information Technology Outsourcing Service and Research Centre and the Geo-informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) under Thailand's Ministry of Science and Technology. An agreement with an expected value of 319 million U.S. dollars inked by the two countries in March has establish ... read more

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