The application and prospect of BeiDou Navigation System in maritime industry

Recently Prof. Li Dongying from Shanghai Jiaotong University delivered a speech named The Application and Prospect of BeiDou Navigation System in Maritime Industry for Yu Wenxian, president of BeiDou Navigation Innovation Academy.

Prof. Li Dongying first introduced the construction and future development of BeiDou navigation system with the focus on the special service of short message communication, which could provide short message communication with a maximum of 120 Chinese characters or 1,680 bits each time between user receiver and user receiver or between user receiver and ground junction center.

Two BeiDou-2 backup satellites will be launched in 2018. BeiDou navigation system will play an important role in maritime search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, precise navigation and other areas.