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China to launch 6th satellite for indigenous global navigation

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-10-29 19:03

XICHANG, Sichuan - China will launch its sixth orbiter into space in "coming days" as part of its indigenous satellite-navigation and -positioning network.

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A spokesman for the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province said the "Beidou," or Compass, navigation satellite will be launched on a Long March-3C carrier rocket.

It will join five other satellites already in orbit to form a network, which will eventually consist of 35 satellites.