Forming of Russia's Glonass satellite navigation system to complete on Sunday

[Lankan Ranger]

Forming of Russia's Glonass satellite navigation system to complete on Sunday

A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket will deliver three Glonass-M satellites into the orbit on Sunday, completing the forming of the global navigation system, a representative of Russian space agency Roscosmos has said.

The rocket will blast off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 03:25pm local time (10:25 GMT), he said.

Glonass 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 26 Glonass satellites in orbit, but three of them are not operational. The three Glonass-M satellites to be put into orbit on Sunday will allow Russia to operate a complete Glonass network of 24 operational satellites and have several satellites in reserve.

The three satellites are planned to be put into operation in about 6 weeks.

Forming of Russia's Glonass satellite navigation system to complete on Sunday | Russia | RIA Novosti

 

[Lankan Ranger]

 

[anon45]

AFP: Russian satellites crash into Pacific Ocean

Russia has a rep as a fairly advanced space state, so I wonder what happened. Someone's going to get fired.

 

[applesauce]

AFP: Russian satellites crash into Pacific Ocean

Russia has a rep as a fairly advanced space state, so I wonder what happened. Someone's going to get fired.

apperently the second stage failed and all 3 satellites on board are now somewhere in the pacific near hawaii though russia says this will not delay the completion by much

 

[DV RULES]

Russia’s Glonass satnav system targets Latin America, India


MOSCOW, December 13

The Latin American and Indian markets will be a priority for Glonass, Russia’s global satellite navigation system, Russian Space Systems Deputy General Director Grigory Stupak said on Tuesday.

Glonass is Russia’s answer to the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian uses.

“Priority markets today are Latin America and India,” Stupak said.

A group of 31 Glonass satellites are currently in orbit with 24 needed to provide global coverage.

Three reserve Glonass satellites were launched in November after three satellites were destroyed in a failed launch last year.


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[Hulk]

Good news, good for India as well.

 

[T90TankGuy]

will our military use this system ? and any one answer this?