Wang Ping, another chief engineer on the project, says the inter-satellite link realizes communication and distance measurement among satellites, bringing autonomous control of the navigation system a ...

Upholding the principles of “superior construction, excellent management, and substantial development,” the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) implements multifaceted strategies to ensure ...

Beidou-3 satellites form the third phase of construction of the Beidou Navigation Satellite System, which expands service coverage from regional to global.The new satellites also adopt inter ...

The company isn’t unique in its interest in optical inter-satellite communications, with landmark and wide-scale development being prevalent in the 2010s. The European Space Agency demonstrated the ...

A rocket carrying the final satellite in the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province, June 23, 2020.

China launched two satellites into space on Thursday morning for its Beidou Navigation Satellite System, ... are equipped with upgraded atomic clock system and new inter-satellite data link. ...

Among currently active inter-satellite communication systems, Starlink is by far the most numerous and with the highest bandwidth, reaching over 42 PB per day across its over 9000 space lasers ...

XICHANG, Sichuan province -- China put a new-generation satellite into orbit to support its global navigation and positioning network at 3:29 pm Monday. Launched from Xichang satellite launch ...

Equipped with upgraded atomic clock parts and new inter-satellite link terminals, they will also test core technologies for the next-generation BeiDou-4 navigation satellites, Liu told state ...

China sent a pair of satellites for enhancing Beidou navigation signals into orbit on Friday (Oct. 7) ... The satellites will also conduct inter-satellite laser link experiments.

“Precisely pointing two satellites, across distances equivalent to New York to London, and establishing an inter-satellite optical link is a significant milestone for Spire,” said John E. Ward ...

HELSINKI — A Long March 3B lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 2:09 p.m. Eastern Monday, sending a Beidou satellite toward an inclined geosynchronous orbit.