China said today that it has put chips for mobile devices that receive signals from the Beidou navigation system has been put in mass production. Also Read: How China's Beidou geo-tracker satellite will take on US-owned GPS China had successfully launched the Beidou satellite two months ago which several experts view as a direct challenge to the US-owned Global Positioning System (GPS) including Russia's GLONASS and the European Union's Galileo.

Chips for devices using Beidou navigation system put in mass production in China

How China's Beidou geo-tracker satellite will take on US-owned GPS

China on Tuesday launched the final satellite in its homegrown geolocation system designed to rival the US GPS network, marking a major step in its race for market share in the lucrative sector.

China launches Beidou satellite to track geolocation

China sent two new satellites into the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) at 02:07 Monday by Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China.

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