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July 08, 2013

Loss of three GLONASS satellites won't reduce efficiency of Russian navigation network
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 08, 2013
The GLONASS orbital group has the necessary reserve to work efficiently, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said at a meeting at the Government House on Friday. "The developed space group of the GLONASS system has the necessary orbital reserve and the crash which happened should not lead to the decrease of its efficiency, however it is necessary to compensate for the loss of satellites in the future," Rogozin said. The Proton-M rocket, launched at the Baikonur cosmodrome on July 2, ... read more

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