(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) China has successfully launched two new satellites to its Navigation System (Beidou) to rival United States GPS.
The satellites are the 18th and 19th of Beidou system were launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan province.
The Beidou system began providing positioning, navigation, timing and short message services to civilian users in China and surrounding areas in the Asia-Pacific in December 2012.
The system has been gradually put into use in extended sectors including transportation, weather forecasting, marine fishing industry, forestry and telecommunications.
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