Meanings of beidou in English

Millions of taxis, buses and trucks were also able to receive Beidou signals.

When the first Beidou satellites were launched in 2000, coverage was limited to China.

The Asian country is also deploying its own satellite-navigation system known as BeiDou, or Compass.

Ahead of the Beidou-3 completion, satellite-related shares have soared.

Thailand and Pakistan were the first foreign countries to sign up for Beidou's services, in 2013.

In the age of the iPhone, the second generation of Beidou satellites went operational in 2012, covering the Asia-Pacific.

And China's global navigation satellite system, known as BeiDou, has some capabilities that outmatch even the United States' GPS.

When complete, Beidou's location services are accurate down to 10 cm in the Asia-Pacific, compared with GPS's 30-cm range.

Global Times said China's homegrown Beidou navigation system had inter-satellite links to reduce reliance on ground stations and ensure the continuity of high-precision global services.

This month, Thailand became the first overseas client of Beidou, which also competes with similar satellite-based constellations such as Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS).