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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Apple revealed this week that the new iPhone 4S adds support for Russia's proprietary GLONASS satellite location system, which can contribute to faster, more accurate results. Although Russia's ...

An upper stage Block DM has completed the orbital insertion of three navigation satellites belonging to the Russian GLOobal NAvigation Satellite System (GLONASS) into their target low-Earth orbit. The ...

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 ...