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Russia puts in orbit 3 navigation satellites

Moscow, Russia - Three other Glonass-M will be sent in November

Russia has successfully put three Glonass-M navigation satellites into orbit early Thursday, said a spokesman for Russian Space Forces. A Proton-M carrier rocket blasted off from Kazakh Baikonur space center with three satellites atop at 04:53 am Moscow time (0053 GMT), said Alexei Zolotukhin. From 08:26 am to 09:12 am Moscow time (0426 to 0512 GMT) the DM upper stage of the rocket has put all...

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