Combination photo taken on June 23, 2020 shows a carrier rocket carrying the last satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) blasting off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. China launched the last BDS satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 9:43 a.m. on Tuesday (Beijing Time), marking the completion of the deployment of its own global navigation system. The satellite, the 55th in the family of BeiDou that means "Big Dipper" in Chinese, was successfully sent into the preset orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, according to the launch center. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
