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Dec. 11, 2019
Soyuz-2.1b launches new GLONASS-M navigation satellite. Image Credit: ROSCOSMOS
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket launched a new GLONASS-M satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, on 11 December 2019, at 08:54 UTC (11:54 local time).
Soyuz-2.1b launches new GLONASS-M navigation satellite
According to official sources, the navigation satellite was placed into the desired orbit and is functioning normally. GLONASS-M (ГЛОНАСС-М), also known as Uragan-M (Ураган-М) is part of the Russian GLONASS satellite navigation system.
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Flight tests of the Soyuz-2 space launch complex began at the Plesetsk cosmodrome on November 8, 2004. Over the past fourteen years, 37 launches of Soyuz-2 rocket launchers of modernization stages 1A, 1B and 1B have been conducted from the northern cosmodrome.
GLONASS-M satellite. Image Credit: ROSCOSMOS
The Glonass-M spacecraft launched into orbit has replenished the orbital grouping of the Russian Glonass Global Navigation Satellite System and is at the stage of entry into the system. At present, the Glonass orbital group comprises 27 spacecraft, of which one spacecraft of the new generation, Glonass-K, is undergoing flight tests and one Glonass-M spacecraft is in orbital reserve.
Roscosmos Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/27850/
For more information about GLONASS network, visit: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/uragan.html
Images, Video, Text, Credits: Roscosmos/Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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