- Sputnik International, 1920
Russia
The latest news and stories from Russia. Stay tuned for updates and breaking news on defense, politics, economy and more.

Russia Launches Next-Generation Glonass-K2 Navigation Satellite Into Orbit

© Sputnik / Vladimir Baranov / Go to the mediabankA GLONASS [Global Navigation Satellite System] satellite mock-up on display at the exhibition "Space -- Elections -- Telecommunications"
A GLONASS [Global Navigation Satellite System] satellite mock-up on display at the exhibition Space -- Elections -- Telecommunications - Sputnik International, 1920, 14.08.2023
Subscribe
KUBINKA (Sputnik) - Russia launched the next-generation Glonass-K2 navigation satellite into orbit on August 7, Alexander Ivanov, the deputy head of Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos, said on Monday.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated on August 7 that a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket carrying a military satellite had been launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, without disclosing details on its type and functions.

"A large-scale modernization of the existing global navigation system began with the launch of the Glonass-K2 satellite on August 7," Ivanov noted at a plenary session of the Army-2023 forum.

The Glonass global navigation satellite system is used to determine the position, speed and exact time of objects on land, at sea, in the air and in space.
Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a military satellite about to be launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome. October 30, 2022. - Sputnik International, 1920, 07.08.2023
Russia
Rocket With Military Satellite Reaches Orbit - Russian Defense Ministry
In January, Glavkosmos, a subsidiary of Roscosmos, announced that the Glonass constellation would be replenished with new Glonass-K and Glonass-K2 satellites in 2023.
Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала