China successfully put its second navigation satellite, the Beidou Navigation Testing Satellite, into orbit on Dec. 21. The launch completes the final step in China s first domestically manufactured, satellite-navigation positioning system.
Information is available for any location in China at any time of day or night.
The first Beidou Navigation Testing Satellite was put into orbit on Oct. 31. The navigation system was developed and built primarily by the Research Institute of Space Technology and the Research Institute of Carrier Rocket Technology under the China Space Science and Technology Group. This is the 64 th flight for China's Long March series rockets and the 22 nd consecutive successful launch for the country's space industry since October 1996, the article said.