The 52nd and 53rd satellites of China's BeiDou system have been launched into space successfully
By Global Times, Published: 2019-12-16 20:30:07
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Editor's Note:
China successfully sent the 52nd and 53rd satellites for its domestically developed BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, or BDS, into space on Monday. The pair are the last two medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites of their kind for the BDS-3 constellation, marking the completion of the global navigation system's core constellation deployment, according to officials on Monday.