{"id":5873,"date":"2014-01-01T01:16:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T01:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5873"},"modified":"2014-01-01T01:16:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T01:16:54","slug":"chinese-beidou-european-galileo-satellite-navigation-coming-on-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5873","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Beidou & European Galileo satellite navigation coming on line"},"content":{"rendered":"

Global satellite navigation has joined weather observation and communications via satellites as a space based service that is taken so totally for granted, most of the public don’t even know that space is involved. Satellite navigation will become increasingly robust as two new systems join the \u00a0operational American\u00a0Global Positioning System (GPS)<\/a> and Russian GLONASS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Chinese\u00a0Beidou Navigation Satellite System<\/a>\u00a0is now being activated and will be globally available by the end of the decade:\u00a0Beidou to cover world by 2020 with 30 satellites – Xinhua | English.news.cn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Activation<\/span>\u00a0of t<\/span>he European\u00a0Galileo system<\/a>\u00a0is also underway and will be completed by 2019.<\/p>\n

So by 2020, many navigation devices should be able to work with all four systems and always have multiple satellites in view. This will be important for aviation where highly reliable navigation is crucial, especially when routes are selected for optimum fuel consumption rather than according to limited fixed lanes set by ground navigation systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Global satellite navigation has joined weather observation and communications via satellites as a space based service that is taken so totally for granted, most of the public don’t even know that space is involved. Satellite navigation will become increasingly robust as two new systems join the \u00a0operational American\u00a0Global Positioning System (GPS) and Russian GLONASS. The … Continue reading Chinese Beidou & European Galileo satellite navigation coming on line<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gps","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1wJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21383,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21383","url_meta":{"origin":5873,"position":0},"title":"Space transport roundup – Mar.11.2020","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport (find previous roundups here): ** SpaceX planning for May launch of astronauts on Crew Dragon to the ISS: SpaceX aiming for May astronaut launch, will reuse Crew Dragon - CNBC - SpaceX is \u201cgunning for May\u201d to launch\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Rockets"","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BlackArrowRocket_08-1024x5761-1-500x281.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16989,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16989","url_meta":{"origin":5873,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup – Nov.2.2018","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government related space news and resource items that I found of interest: Space politics: How NASA became an election issue for Rep. 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