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Detailed explanation-1: -China launches new high-orbit satellite to boost its global navigation system.

Detailed explanation-2: -China launches final Beidou satellite to complete GPS-like navigation system. It completes a navigation satellite constellation decades in the making.

Detailed explanation-3: -China on November 4, 2022 outlined plans to further expand the global reach of its home-grown Beidou satellite navigation system, billed as its alternative to America’s Global Positioning System (GPS).

Detailed explanation-4: -SSLV-D2 lifted off from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre-SHAR, Sriharikota at 9:18 a.m. This is the first satellite launch in 2023. “The SSLV-D2-EOS-07 mission is successfully accomplished, ” ISRO mentioned on its Twitter handle, a few minutes after the vehicle took off.

Detailed explanation-5: -The APStar 6E spacecraft will spend months raising its orbit to reach its final destination. China carried out its third space mission of 2023 on Thursday (Jan.