BEIJING: China launched a navigation satellite on Saturday to be used for everything from tracking forest fires to public security, Xinhua news agency said. With more to be launched in coming years, the system would cover China and neighbouring countries by 2008, before being expanded into a global network, it said. The “Compass” navigational system is designed to provide positioning services in transportation, meteorology, petroleum prospecting, forest fire monitoring, disaster forecasts, telecommunications and public security.—Reuters
