Russian Glonass Satellite Scheduled for Launch on May 21

Russian Glonass Satellite Scheduled for Launch on May 21
by Staff Writers
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2016

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Russia's Glonass-M navigation satellite will be launched via Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on May 21, according to the Russian Federal Space Agency's (Roscosmos) April-June schedule released on Friday.

"May 21: Soyuz 2.1b carrier rocket and Glonass-M satellite vehicle - Plesetsk Cosmodrome," the released schedule says.

Glonass, a global navigation system operated by the Russian Aerospace Forces, consists of 28 satellites, 23 of them operational. The system allows real-time positioning and speed data for surface, sea and airborne objects around the world.

The carrier rocket carried another Glonass-M into orbit on February 7 in its first launch from Plesetsk this year.

Source: Sputnik News

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