China's satellite navigation system to start oversea operation next year
China's homegrown Beidou Navigation Satellite System will be putinto its first oversea operation in Thailand early next year.The announcement was made in Bangkok on Wednesday by China's Wuhan InformationTechnology Outsourcing Service and Research Centre and the Geo-informatics and SpaceTechnology Development Agency (GISTDA) under Thailand's Ministry of Science andTechnology.An agreement with an expected value of 319 million U.S. dollars inked by the two countriesin March has established their commitment to cooperation on the construction ofThailand's geospatial system, giving the country access to China's advanced technology,products and services. The two sides have agreed to start building a model satellite stationbased on Beidou in an industrial estate in Thailand's eastern Chon Buri province nextmonth and nationwide construction will begin early next year, said Liu Junyi, deputydirector of the Wuhan Information Technology Outsourcing Service and Research Centre.It will be the first time that the Beidou lands outside China, said Liu, adding that China willdraw experience in its cooperation with Thailand and further explore foreign markets. "The Beidou will be able to provide global service by 2015," he said.Anond Snidvongs, executive director of GISTDA, said the Thai government will list theconstruction of a disaster forecasting system based on the Beidou into its overall economicdevelopment plan. The Beidou will be used in many sectors such as agricultural disasterwarning, transportation, power distribution and environment, he said.
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