China launches navigation satellite
Posted: Tue, Nov 2, 2010, 9:08 AM ET (1308 GMT)
China launched early Monday the latest in a series of navigation satellites. The Long March 3C carrying a Beidou satellite lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 12:26 pm EDT Sunday (1626 GMT Sunday, 12:26 am Beijing time Monday). The satellite is the sixth in a series of spacecraft designed initially to provide navigation services in the Asia-Pacific region, later to be expanded globally. The launch was the 12th this year by China, a new record.
China launched early Monday the latest in a series of navigation satellites. The Long March 3C carrying a Beidou satellite lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 12:26 pm EDT Sunday (1626 GMT Sunday, 12:26 am Beijing time Monday). The satellite is the sixth in a series of spacecraft designed initially to provide navigation services in the Asia-Pacific region, later to be expanded globally. The launch was the 12th this year by China, a new record.
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