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Article: 2nd Ld-Writethru: China-made satellite navigation system monitors dangerous chemical transport
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- January 18, 2008
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2nd Ld-Writethru: China-made satellite navigation system monitors
dangerous chemical transport
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- China has begun use of a
domestically-developed monitoring system to oversee dangerous
chemical transport based on the country's Beidou satellite, its
management center announced on Thursday.
The system provides all-day data on dangerous chemical transport
to the Beidou navigation satellite, which in turn gives
corresponding operational order, according to experts who researched
and developed the system.
"This signals new progress in civilian use of the Chinese
satellite navigation system, and is a prominent stride toward a
stage of large-scale civilian application," ...