02 January 2018
All the key components of China's BeiDou navigation satellites are made in China, ending reliance on imports, Xie Jun, Chief Designer of the Beidou system, said on 2 January. Key components such as traveling-wave tube amplifiers, microwave switches, and high-power current source controllers are now all made in China instead of being imported, Xie said. He also said his team has mastered all the core technologies for the global BeiDou network of satellites, aiming to make it as good as the Global Positioning System (GPS).
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