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Chinese navigation system BeiDou

01.01.2020

After years of development, China's BeiDou (BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, BDS), which is the Chinese equivalent of the US GPS, European Galileo, and Russian GLONASS, is nearing a climax.

Project Manager Ren Chengki reported that the main constellation of BeiDou satellites has been formed - the last 56th and 57th satellites, they are also the 23rd and 24th satellites from the main constellation of the third-generation Beidou positioning system, were launched on December 23 by a Long March 3B rocket .

Since the launch of the first third-generation BeiDou satellites in November 2017, China has conducted a total of 18 launches, in which 30 satellites have been launched. In total, since 2000, when the deployment of the BeiDou satellite system began, the project has launched 57 satellites, including four test vehicles. BeiDou was launched commercially in late 2012 as a regional positioning system (in China and other parts of the Asia-Pacific region), and became global in late 2018. There are currently 46 operational Beidou satellites in orbit.

The China Satellite Navigation Office plans to place two more BeiDou satellites in geostationary orbit in the first half of 2020. Technically, this marks the completion of the third phase of Baidou's development and represents the culmination of the satellite system project in its current form. According to the project leader, the next major upgrade of BeiDou is planned no earlier than 2035.

Most Chinese users will be able to take advantage of the new global geopositioning system immediately without the need for any action. According to Nikkei, about 70% of Chinese smartphones already support BeiDou. In addition, there are already 120 partners declaring their readiness to use BeiDou for mapping.

As with Russia's GLONASS, China's desire to build its own satellite navigation system is driven by a desire to gain independence from the US and its GPS system. For China, the BeiDou system is one of the priority technology areas along with 5G and self-driving cars.

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