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Russia orbits another Glonass navigation satellite

Moscow, Russia - A Soyuz-2/1b launched today

Today, November 28, Russia sent into orbit another satellite navigation system to Glonass (Global Navigation Satellite System), the Russian global navigation satellite system, an alternative to the American Global Positioning System and the European Galileo positioning system in Europe from the Plesetsk space centre, in the Arkhangelsk region, According to Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin, the Soyuz-2/1b...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1135982
Rome, Italy, 11/28/2011 16:41
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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