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<H1>China launches navigational satellite BeiDou-2</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The new Chinese navigational satellite
<STRONG>BeiDou-2</STRONG> launched Jan 16 at 16:12 UTC will use
<STRONG>1256.52-1280.52 MHz</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The Space Flight report says</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The Chinese have opened their 2010 campaign by orbiting a
navigation satellite via a CZ-3C Chang Zheng-3C (CZ3C-3) launch vehicle from the
Xi Chang satellite Launch Center, in Sichuan Province. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Previously scheduled to take place last year, the launch of
the new BeiDou-2 (Compass-G1) finally took place at 16:12 UTC on
Saturday.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>The Compass constellation</STRONG> will consist of
approximately 35 vehicles, including <STRONG>30 MEO satellites</STRONG>, with
<STRONG>nine satellites for each orbit plane and five GSO
satellites.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The satellites – developed from the DFH-3 satellite
platform – will transmit signals on the following carrier
frequencies:</FONT><FONT face=Tahoma>1195.14-1219.14MHz,
<STRONG>1256.52-1280.52MHz</STRONG>, 1559.05-1563.15MHz and </FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma>1587.69-1591.79MHz. <STRONG>Some of the signals overlay the Galileo
PRS band and the GPS M-code</STRONG>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS) is China’s
second-generation satellite navigation system, capable of providing continuous,
real-time passive 3D geo-spatial positioning and speed measurement.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The system will initially provide high-accuracy positioning
services for users in China and its neighboring regions, covering an area of
about 120 degrees longitude in the Northern Hemisphere. <STRONG>The long-term
goal is to develop a global navigation satellite network similar to the GPS and
GLONASS.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Read the full Space Flight story at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/01/china-opens-2010-with-beidou-2-satellite-launch/"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/01/<BR>china-opens-2010-with-beidou-2-satellite-launch/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>NasaSpaceFlight<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/" target=_blank><FONT
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