Accuracy of Beidou system is improving

Testing underway for equipment sent up in November; global coverage planned by 2020

China's third-generation Beidou Navigation Satellite System has begun to take shape and continues to improve its accuracy, a program leader said.

Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation Office, told the audience at a conference in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, on Wednesday that an initial network of Beidou's third-generation satellites has been formed with eight orbiting satellites.