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December 30, 2013

Beidou to cover world by 2020 with 30 satellites
Beijing (XNA) Dec 29, 2013
China is planning to expand its homegrown Beidou navigation system by 2020 and make it accurate to within centimeters. Currently the system can reach an error margin as low as 5 meters in trials and can be further improved to within centimeters to compete with the dominant US Global Positioning System, officials said yesterday. The navigation system has been providing accurate and stable services to Asia-Pacific users since China launched it a year ago and other countries in Asia are welcome ... read more

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