2020-06-23

China now has their own GPS system.

“It will be the world’s most useful satellite-based GPS system. In all metrics, it performs at the best, world-class level,” says Lan Chung-chi.

US currently has it’s original GPS, with improvements, Russia has GLONASS, and Europe has Galileo system. The Chinese system is called BeiDou, and currently at BeiDou-3/Compass.

A recent study related to this: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/11/1853/htm

Some news links:

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-china-satellite/china-set-to-complete-beidou-network-rivalling-gps-in-global-navigation-idUSKBN23J0I9
• https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/China-s-version-of-GPS-now-has-more-satellites-than-US-original