China has successfully launched the eighth orbiter for its Beidou satellite navigation and positioning network. Sunday's launch completes the establishment of the basic satellite network, with more orbiters to be launched over the coming two years. The finished network will provide precision navigation services for industries like mapping, transport and telecommunication in the Asia-Pacific region. A global service is expected to be in place by 2020 to compete with the Americans GPS, Russian GLONASS, and the European Galileo positioning systems.
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