June 10, 2024: Once more, the Russian GLONASS is in trouble. The problem is a familiar one, too many GLONASS satellites are ending their service lives, usually seven years, and Roscosmos, the Russian ...

Keeping GLONASS active with a full constellation of 24 satellites with the latest technology is expensive and used to depend on a steady supply of high-tech components only available from the United ...

Heads up, Hawaii! Three Russian GLONASS satellites just went into the Pacific drink courtesy a failed Proton-M rocket launch in Kazakhstan. Дерьмо! For the uninitiated, GLONASS stands for GLObal ...

The DM-type Space Upper Stage delivered three Russian satellites of the Glonass navigation system (two Glonass satellites and one Glonass-M satellite) to near-earth orbit. The Upper Stage with ...

Russia is embarking on a new path to replenish its Glonass satellite navigation system, looking to deploy low-Earth-orbit (LEO) spacecraft because Western sanctions have left it unable to build the ...

GPS has become shorthand for location data, but the US satellite system is only one of several planned or live systems. The Russian GLONASS is its closest competitor, with 22 satellites providing ...

Three spacecraft (SC) as part of the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) have been successfully placed in a target near-earth orbit having an altitude of 19130 km and inclination of ...

Three of the new GLONASS navigation, long-life satellites were launched on December 25, 2006, bringing the number of Russian navigation satellites in orbit to 20. The recent launch mirrored the 2004 ...

MOSCOW, December 24. /TASS/. The GLONASS navigation satellite constellation currently consists of 24 satellites operating reliably in orbit, with four additional satellites prepared for launch to ...