China added a fifth spacecraft to its Beidou-Compass satellite navigation and positioning network July 31 with the successful launch of the first of three Beidou satellites to be placed into an inclined geosynchronous orbit, according to China's state-run Xinhua news service.rnThe Long March 31 rocket carrying the satellite lifted off at 5:30 a.m. local time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan Province.
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