COMPASS satellite system expected to achieve global coverage by 2020

[xhw1986]

A model of the Beidou system at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition held in Zhuhai.

China will launch upgraded satellites and expand its regional Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) — named after the seven-star cluster known in English as the Big Dipper — to global coverage by 2020, a spokesman for the system said on Friday.

"BDS's general performance is expected to be one to two times more effective and its positioning accuracy is expected to be upgraded to the meter or even sub-meter level by 2020," BDS spokesman Ran Chengqi said at a press conference.

BDS began providing positioning, navigation, timing and short message services to civilian users in China and surrounding areas in the Asia-Pacific region in December 2012.

"Performance is better in some regions," he said. Accuracy can reach 7 meters in Chinese cities like Beijing, Zhengzhou, Xian and Urumqi, and five meters in low-latitude regions such as the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN).

The office issued an interface control document (ICD) for open service signal B2I in both Chinese and English on Thursday.

"B2I, which updates B1I released last year, means that BDS has entered the era of multifrequency application," Ran said. "It means the system can provide more accurate navigation."

Companies both within and without of China can develop high-precision dual-frequency BDS receivers on this basis, according to the spokesman.

The BDS industry has achieved breakthroughs in key technologies in core chips and modules, upgrading product performance to international standards, Ran said.

The Beidou chips can be installed in vehicles and mobile phones.

The system and products compatible with it have been used in fields such as transportation, marine fishery, hydrologic monitoring, weather forecasting, geodetic surveying, intelligent driving tests, and disaster relief.

More than 50,000 BDS terminals have been installed on fishing vessels so far, Ran said.

Nearly 150,000 passenger vehicles and cargo trucks transporting dangerous materials have also been installed with BDS terminals to help management agencies spot illegal operations.

Ran predicts Beidou will take over about 30% of domestic satellite navigation market, which is currently dominated by GPS, by 2015 and gain a larger share after 2020.

China's State Council, approved a mid and long-term plan for development of the satellite navigation industry in September.

According to the plan, China will boost its satellite navigation industry to more than 400 billion yuan (US$65.9 billion) by 2020.

The world's satellite navigation market is currently dominated by four systems, Russia's GLONASS, the US's GPS, the European Union's Galileo and China's BDS.

BDS has sustained compatibility coordination with GPS, GLONASS and Galileo in the past year to offer better service to the world, he said.

The Beidou system will include 35 satellites and a ground control operation system by 2020 in order to serve global clients.

China launched the first BDS satellite in 2000. Prior to the official launch of the system a year ago, a preliminary version of the system has been used in traffic control, weather forecasting and disaster relief since 2003.
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[Beast]

It will be difficult to sell Beidou II related worldwide since its managed to achieve only regional operation. I know from a military point of view from China, achieving regional operation is more than enough. But from a commercial point of view, its better to complete Beidou II system as soon as possible and not waiting until 2020.

More countries will be more willing to adopt Beidou II and it will not lagged behind Gallileo by 2020.

 

[qwerrty]

Qualcomm vs. Broadcom: Race on China’s BeiDou Nav System
Junko Yoshida
2013 10:30 AM EST


MADISON, Wis. — China's BeiDou satellite navigation system has become the biggest bone of contention in the Qualcomm vs. Broadcom competition to deliver more accurate positioning information to mobile devices.

Qualcomm announced late last month its support for the BeiDou constellation within Qualcomm IZat location solutions. The San Diego-based company revealed its collaboration with Samsung to launch the first wave of BeiDou-enhanced consumer smartphones..

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[Jf Thunder]

congrats, now i just want a BDS for my cell phone

 

[Nan Yang]

Its like having a GPS and satellite phone at the same time since it can sent text message.

 

[xhw1986]

China says satellite network to be big asset, others can use it too

China's homegrown satellite navigation system will bring untold economic, social and military benefits and other countries in Asia are welcome to use it, the director of China's satellite navigation agency said on Friday.

The year-old Beidou satellite navigation system is a rival to the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) and Russian GLONASS. Beidou's 16 satellites serve the Asia-Pacific but the number of satellites is expected to grow to 30 by 2020 as coverage expands globally.

The system would bring benefits across the board, in both civilian and military applications, said Ran Chengqi, the director of the Satellite Navigation Office.

"The construction of the Beidou network should resolve the country's security issues, including economic security and the security of society-at-large," he said. "It's obviously a combined military and civilian infrastructure."

"What purpose it will have for national defense or armament, that's for the armament department or Defense Ministry to consider, but I think that its uses are many," Ran told a news conference.

The successful deployment of Beidou means the increasingly potent Chinese armed forces will have an accurate, independent navigation system - vital technology for guiding the missiles, warships and attack aircraft that allow Beijing to claim great power status.

Senior Chinese military officers have said Beidou is more important for the country than manned space flight or the Chinese lunar probes now under way, according to reports in the state-run media.

But the benefits are by no means limited to defense.

The government sees it as a commercial coup for fast-growing market satellite navigation services for cars, mobile phones and other applications.

China is encouraging other countries in Asia to adopt it by offering the service free, as the United States does with the civilian GPS network.

Stations are being built in Pakistan to improve service there and Thailand has signed up to use Beidou for disaster forecasting.

"It's completely open," Ran said. "Technology and service both."

"Even though we still do not provide global coverage, its applications are already spreading worldwide," he said.

This month, the cabinet approved a blueprint that envisioned Beidou capturing 60 percent of a projected 400 billion yuan ($65 billion) market for satellite navigation services in China, according to the China Daily.

The newspaper said 40 percent of Beidou's satellite applications would be for military use.

China says satellite network to be big asset, others can use it too| Reuters

 

[Jf Thunder]

do we have any part in this?

 

[nomi007]

do we have any part in this?

no dear
probably our ra'ad and babur missiles are integrated

 

[Jf Thunder]

no dear
probably our ra'ad and babur missiles are integrated

aww man, i thought that maybe our lonely satellite was going to be of service

 

[xuxu1457]

I think that senting text message is more attracting for travelers and explorers, I want one if I travel mountains or deserts without communication signals

 

[Beidou2020]

I don't want to wait until 2020, this should be done much earlier.