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February 19, 2014

Russia to deploy up to 7 Glonass ground stations outside of national territory in 2014
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Feb 19, 2014
Russia will deploy up to seven ground stations for Glonass satellite navigation system monitoring and augmentation outside of the national territory in 2014, Glonass/GNSS Forum Association Executive Director Vladimir Klimov said at a conference held on the Security Technologies exhibition sidelines. "It is planned to deploy about six or seven stations on foreign territories this year," Klimov said as he spoke about the creation of a worldwide Glonass augmentation network. Negotiations on the deplo ... read more

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