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    The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS; Chinese: 北斗卫星导航系统; pinyin: běidǒu wèixīng dǎoháng xìtǒng) is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned...
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  • up Beidou in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. BeiDou is a Chinese satellite navigation system, named after the Chinese name of the Big Dipper. Beidou may...
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    System (GPS), Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), and the European Union's Galileo. Satellite-based...
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  • This is a list of past and present satellites of the BeiDou/Compass navigation satellite system. As of December 2023[update], 44 satellites are operational:...
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    incarnation of the "Yellow God of the Northern Dipper" (黄神北斗 Huángshén Běidǒu), another name of the universal god (Shangdi 上帝 or Tiandi 天帝). According...
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    Beidou Township (Chinese: 北斗鎮; pinyin: Běidǒu Zhèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-táu-tìn) is an urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan. Beidou was previously known...
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    Beidou Dian'an Temple (Chinese: 北斗奠安宮; pinyin: Běidǒu Diànān Gōng) is a temple located in Beidou Township, Changhua County, Taiwan. The temple is dedicated...
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    dubbed BeiDou, which began offering commercial navigation services across Asia in 2012 as well as global services by the end of 2018. Beidou followed...
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    The Chinese name for Alpha Ursae Majoris is Beidou Yi (Chinese: 北斗一; pinyin: Běi Dǒu yī; lit. 'Beidou One') and Tianshu (Chinese: 天樞; pinyin: Tiān Shū;...
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    Global Nav. Sat. Systems (GNSSs) Global Pos. System (GPS) GLONASS (Russia) BeiDou (BDS) (China) Galileo (Europe) NAVIC (India) Quasi-Zenith Sat. Sys. (QZSS)...
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