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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 03, 2010 A Proton-M carrier rocket bearing three Glonass satellites was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan early on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Space Forces said. "A Proton-M carrier rocket with three Glonass satellites was successfully launched from a launching pad at the Baikonur space center on March 2 at 0:19 Moscow time [22:19 GMT, March 1]," Alexei Zolotukhin said. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems allow users to determine their positions to within a few meters. Russia currently has a total of 22 Glonass satellites in orbit, but only 16 of them are operational. The system requires 18 operational satellites for continuous navigation services covering the entire territory of Russia and at least 24 satellites to provide navigation services worldwide.
Source: RIA Novosti
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Russia launches three new navigation satellites: reportMoscow (AFP) March 1, 2010 A Russian Proton-M rocket was launched into space Monday with three new satellites for Moscow's GLONASS navigation system, aimed at competing with US and European systems, a report said. The satellites were placed into orbit after the rocket blasted off from Russia's Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan at 2119 GMT, a Russian space agency spokesman said, according to the Ria-Novosti news agency ... read more |
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