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Kshasty Donating Member (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 05:18 AM
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Russia to launch three Glonass satellites
Source: RIA Novosti

The Proton carrier rocket with three Glonass navigation satellites will be launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Monday, a spokesman for the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said.

"The launch is scheduled for 13:38 Moscow time" he said.

Roscosmos head Anatoly Perminov pledged that six satellites for the Glonass satellite grouping would be launched by the end of 2009. However, Monday's launch will be the last in 2009, with the launch of three other satellites delayed until February 2010.

Read more: http://en.rian.ru/science/20091214/157224983.html
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 05:23 AM
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1. Glonass = the Global Navigation Satellite System - for Russians
Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems allow users to determine their positions to within a few meters.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 08:21 AM
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2. Will Yaakov Smirnof give the turn-by-turn directions? n/t
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Algorem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 08:23 AM
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3. Glonass?I think there's an ointment for that.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 12:28 PM
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5. The suppositories are better
:rofl: :D
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-14-09 08:35 AM
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4. Russians? satellites?!?
They NEVER would have been this bold if LBJ was still running things...:web: :patriot: :hide: :nuke:
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