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Roscosmos: other 5 GLONASS satellites to the space

Moscow, Russia - In 2011. The operating system will be enlarged up to 24 satellites

Anatoly Perminov, director of Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos, announced that this year 5 more GLONASS satellites will be launched. In a live broadcast at "The Voice of Russia" radio, whose content was reported by "ITAR-TASS" Russian news agency, the director said that in the second half of 2011 are scheduled launches of four other GLONASS-Ms, plus a GLONASS-K that will be launched at the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1126562
Rome, Italy, 03/04/2011 15:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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