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BeiDou (BDS)
Pékin, China39.90°N 116.40°E
computed criticality17/100
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≈45 satellites; 100% availability (2024)
2024Fault line
China's global positioning and timing system, a sovereign alternative to GPS for China and many partner states. Like any GNSS it supplies the precise time that grids, telecoms and finance depend on; its degradation or jamming desynchronises whole swathes of infrastructure.
Actors
CNSA / China Satellite Navigation Office
CASC
AVIC receivers
Sources