What are the pros and cons of the Northstar?

Pros: fuel efficient, roomy.

Disadvantages: outdated appearance.

System Logo Creative Description:

The Beidou Satellite Navigation System logo consists of a square circle, a written Taiji yin-yang fish, the Big Dipper star, a gridded earth and Chinese and English characters.

The circular shape symbolizes "Perfection" in traditional Chinese culture, while the dark blue space and light blue Earth represent the space industry. The dark blue space and light blue earth represent the aerospace industry. The Taiji yin-yang fish symbolizes the traditional Chinese culture.

Augmentation system:

Integration of domestic ground-based augmentation resources to establish a high-precision satellite navigation service system based on BeiDou and compatible with other satellite navigation systems. Using BeiDou/GNSS high-precision receivers, it provides real-time high-precision navigation and positioning services of 1-2 meters, decimeters and centimeters in the service area through a network of ground-based reference stations and by using broadcasting means such as satellites, mobile communications and digital broadcasting.

The construction of the system will be implemented in two phases, with the first phase from 2014 to the end of 2016, mainly completing the construction tasks of the framework network reference station, the regional enhanced density network reference station, the national data integrated processing system, and six industry data processing centers for land and resources, transportation, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, earthquakes, meteorology, and surveying and mapping and geo-information, and completing the basic system to provide basic services on a nationwide scale. services nationwide.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Beidou Satellite Navigation System