China Launches Fourth Compass Satellite

BEIJING — A Long March 3C rocket launched the fourth satellite in China’s Compass positioning system on June 2. When complete, the system should have 35 satellites, 10 of which were due to be launched in 2009 and 2010. A Long March 3C was also used in January to launch the third Compass satellite...

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