12K views · 82 shares | China launched a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 19:55 Monday (Beijing Time), paving the way for its completion and full global coverage in May. | CGTN | Facebook

1.5M views · 3.3K reactions | China launched the last satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The satellite, carried by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, is the 30th BDS-3 satellite and the 55th of the whole BeiDou satellite family. The launch will mark the completion of China's BeiDou global navigation network. | CGTN | Facebook

456K views · 9.1K reactions | Twin satellites launched to develop China’s BeiDou system The pair blasted off on a Long March-3B carrier rocket at 1:03 p.m. BJT from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and entered the preset orbit about three hours later. | CGTN | Facebook

Chinese President #XiJinping attended a ceremony marking the completion and launch of the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday morning. Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, read congratulatory messages on the completion of the BeiDou-3 system. | CGTN