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Article: China-made satellite navigation system to serve Olympics
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 6, 2007
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China-made satellite navigation system to serve Olympics
BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- A leading engineer for China's
indigenous satellite navigation system said the new system would be
used in guiding traffic and monitoring sports venues during
theBeijing Olympics in summer 2008.
Ran Chengqi, deputy director of China Satellite Navigation
Engineering Center, said the Compass Navigation Satellite System,
which consists of five positioning satellites orbiting the Earth,
will help alleviate traffic problems during the Olympics by
providing detailed positioning information to individual drivers.
The home-grown navigation system, coded as Beidou in the Chinese
pronunciation for the compass, can not ...