China’s Beidou navigation network grows with successful launch

From http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/13/chinas-beidou-navigation-network-grows-with-successful-launch/ A Chinese Long March 3C rocket boosted a fresh satellite into orbit Sunday to join the country’s Beidou navigation system, deploying the craft into an elliptical orbit ranging more than 22,000 miles (35,700 kilometers) above Earth. The new navigation platform will power its way into a circular geosynchronous orbit over the equator in […]
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