14 August 2015
After more than 10 days in space, China's 19th Beidou navigation satellite is working autonomously and has set up a link with another satellite.
Xie Jun, Chief Designer of the Beidou navigation satellite system, says China has successfully tested the autonomous control technology of the Beidou global navigation satellite constellation, marking a solid step toward building a system with global coverage. China plans to set up a complete constellation of 35 satellites, achieving global coverage by 2020.
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