AREA NEWS : - recall the failed launch of the Russian last December of three Glonass-M satellites that have completed the constellation to provide global satellite navigation sevices.
This time things went as planned. Last Saturday it was successfully launched a new satellite Glonass-K from Russian Plesetsk space center on board a Soyuz-2.
Glonass-K has an operational lifetime of 10 years. It is able to send five navigation signals, four bands L1 and L2, and a bank in the "civilized" L3.
For global coverage, the Glonass constellation must have 24 operational satellites plus some backup.
Currently, Russia has 22.
A new launch three Glonass-M is expected later this year.
Below is the video of the launch
Pictures, Roscosmos credit.
Source data Ria Novosti .
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