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Pre-readingDoyouevergoonroadtripswithyourfamily?Howdoyoufindyourway?Doyouuseanymapapps?Howdoestheapphelpyoufindyourwaytothedestination?Theappshowsuswhereweare.Itgivesusthefastestwaytogettothedestination,anditalsotellsuswheretodriveandwhentoturn.Theappalsoshowsustrafficinrealtime.Howdoestheappknowwhereyouare?Itusessignalsfromsatellitesinspace.navigation/?n?v??ɡe??n/导航satellite/?s?t?la?t/卫星Discussinpairs.

HowdoesBDSWork?Let’sexplorethesciencebehindit!HowBDSworksWhatisBDS?BDS,officiallyknownastheBeiDouNavigationSatelliteSystem,isoneoftheglobalnavigationsatellitesystems.HowdoesBDSwork?BDSisagroupofsatellitesinorbitaroundtheEarth.EachsatellitesendsradiosignalstotheEarthwithinformation.Thesignalsanswertwoimportantquestions:“Whereinspaceisthesatellite?”and“Whendidthesignalleavethesatellite?”Theradiosignaltravelsthroughspaceatthespeedoflight—thatis299,792kilometresasecond!BackhereonEarth,yourphonereceivesthesignalandcomparesittotheexacttimeofarrival.Thephonethencalculateshowfaritisfromthesatellite.Onesatelliteisnotenough.Yourphoneneedsinformationfromfoursatellitestocalculateyourlocation.Itdoesthisallthetime.So,whenweuseaBDSdevice,wewon’tgetlost.What’sspecialaboutBDS?WecanalsouseBDSfortwo-waycommunication.Inareaswithoutanymobilenetwork,peoplecansendtextmessagesthroughBeiDousatellites.HowdoweuseBDS?IfyourphonesupportsBDS,itwillautomaticallypickthenavigationsystemwiththebestsignalatthetime.CanweuseBDSoutsideChina?Yes,wecanuseBDSoutsideChina,butitsaccuracyishigherinChinaandtheAsia-Pacificregion.

BDS=BeiDouNavigationSatelliteSystemItisaGlobalNavigationSatelliteSystem(GNSS).IthelpsusfindourlocationanywhereonEarth.Readthedefinition.Whatdoes“BDS”sta