Tag: Glonass
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Russia launches Glonass navigation satellite
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifts off Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome with a Glonass K navigation satellite. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense A Soyuz booster and Fregat upper stage successfully delivered an upgraded Russian Glonass navigation satellite to an orbit nearly 12,000 miles above Earth on Saturday. The new satellite joins 24 active navigation spacecraft in…
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Soyuz rocket launches with Russian navigation satellite
A Soyuz booster and Fregat upper stage carried a Russian Glonass navigation satellite into orbit Monday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian space officials said. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced a Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from Plesetsk — about 500 miles (800 kilometers) north of Moscow — at 1828 GMT (2:28 p.m. EDT; 9:28…
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Russia adds new satellite to Glonass navigation fleet
Video credit: Russian Ministry of Defense Russia launched a fresh satellite for the Glonass network Wednesday aboard a Soyuz rocket, replenishing a fleet of positioning and timing stations used around the world for navigation services. The Glonass M navigation satellite lifted off on top of a Soyuz-2.1b booster at 0854 GMT (3:54 a.m. EST) from…
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Soyuz perseveres through lightning strike with Glonass satellite
A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a Glonass navigation satellite withstood a lightning strike seconds after liftoff Monday, and still delivered its payload to orbit. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in far northern Russia at 0623 GMT (2:23 a.m. EDT; 9:23 a.m. Moscow time) Monday, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. Seconds…
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Glonass navigation satellite in orbit after Soyuz launch
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense A new satellite joined Russia’s Glonass navigation fleet Saturday with a successful launch on top of a Soyuz rocket into an orbit nearly 12,000 miles above Earth. The Glonass M navigation satellite lifted off aboard a Soyuz-2.1b…
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Navigation satellite launched to join Russia’s Glonass network
A new Russian navigation satellite lifted off Saturday on top of a Soyuz rocket, riding the three-stage booster and a Fregat upper stage into orbit to supplement the country’s Glonass network providing precise global positioning and timing services. The Glonass-M navigation craft, built by ISS Reshetnev in Zheleznogorsk, Russia, lifted off at 2146 GMT (5:46…
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Replenishment satellite launched into Russia’s Glonass navigation fleet
A Soyuz rocket added a new satellite to Russia’s Glonass navigation network Friday with an on-target delivery nearly 12,000 miles above Earth. The fresh Glonass M spacecraft replaces a defunct satellite launched nearly 11 years ago, sustaining the Glonass system’s near-global reach for the Russian military. A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off at 0002:32 GMT Friday…
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Russia’s navigation network receives new satellite
A Glonass navigation satellite blasted off Sunday aboard a Soyuz rocket, reaching an orbit nearly 12,000 miles above Earth to join Russia’s fleet of positioning, navigation and timing spacecraft. The new Glonass M satellite, designated No. 53 in the navigation system, launched at 0844 GMT (4:44 a.m. EDT) Sunday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in far…
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Glonass navigation system reinforced by Soyuz launch
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from Russia’s northern cosmodrome Sunday, adding another satellite to the nation’s Glonass navigation fleet to replace an aging spacecraft. The Glonass M platform launched at 0021 GMT Sunday (7:21 p.m. EST Saturday) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a military facility in the Arkhangelsk region about 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of…
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Soyuz rocket deploys upgraded Russian navigation craft
A new navigation satellite lifted off aboard a Soyuz rocket Sunday and reached an orbital perch 12,000 miles above Earth to test upgraded capabilities aimed at improving positioning services for Russian military and civilian users. The spacecraft will join Russia’s Glonass navigation system, an analog to the U.S. military’s GPS network. The Glonass satellite launched…