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Russia increases number of operational Glonass satellites to 17

9 June 2009

The number of operational satellites in Russia’s Glonass grouping has been increased to 17 while three more remain inactive, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS).






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