Russia to Beef Up Military Component of GLONASS Satellite System
Posted on: Monday, 13 September 2004, 06:00 CDT
Excerpt from report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS
Moscow, 13 September: The Ministry of Defence intends to expand the military component of the Russian-made GLONASS orbital navigation system. "The plan is to increase the number of military satellites within GLONASS to 18 by the year 2005," a source at the Space Troops told ITAR-TASS today. "We currently have 11 in operation and two in reserve," he said.
"We will launch from three to five new GLONASS-M satellites that have enhanced functionality and a service life of seven instead of three years," the source stressed, adding that the GLONASS-M is currently being tested. The new satellites "will enable system users to determine coordinates with much more precision".
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The GLONASS system is also used by civilians, the Russian Space Agency reports. The satellites provide non-stop transmission of the precise coordinates for air, maritime, land and space objects.
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