 |  Russia activates 1 of 3 new Glonass navigation satellites
 18 January 2010
One of three newly orbited satellites in Russia’s Glonass space satellite navigation grouping has entered service, the federal space agency Roscosmos. 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 metres. The three satellites, which bring the total number of Glonass satellites in orbit to 22, were launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on 14 December 2009.
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