GPS World, December 2018
DIRECTIONS 2019 satellite with SBAS and SAR payloads has been successfully launched The short message communication service offered by the satellite will be fully compatible with that of BDS 2 while the service volume will be increased by 10 times and the users transmit power will be reduced to 1 10 As the result the user terminals will possess smaller size higher integration and enhanced capacity Integrated Applications As the system construction accelerates BDS is also making great efforts to strengthen the development of fundamental products and applications in various fields The integrated applications adopt the BDS model to stimulate the growth of satellite navigation industry Fundamental Products At present The NaTioNal RefeReNce STaTioN NeTwoRk the fundamental BDS products have been used in mass market applications of which the performance has reached or close to the world class level By the 3rd quarter of 2018 the sales volume of BDS navigation chips and modules exceeded 70 million pieces and the amount of the BDS enabled terminals surpassed 500 million pieces or sets In 2017 the domestic output value is more than RMB 250 billion See BeiDou page 27 ACCURATE RELIABLE ROBUST GNSS MORE COMPACT THAN EVER Your positioning cornerstone septentrio com mosaic DECEMBER 2018 WWW GPSWORLD COM GPS WORLD 15
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