China sends two new satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 2:07 am on November 19, 2018. (File photo: Xinhua)

London (People's Daily) - China's BeiDou satellite system was added to the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization Maritime Safety Committee in London earlier this month.

The BeiDou Message Service System became the third global maritime distress and safety communication provider to enhance safety at sea following British and US satellite communications companies Inmarsat and Iridium.