Russia launching GLONASS correction relay satellites

Jun 1, 2009 ,

glonassRussians will be launching two multipurpose relay satellites in the next couple of years that will be carrying payloads for correcting GLONASS data.

N. Testoyedov, director general of Reshetnev Informational Satellite System company recently said:

“They will provide the opportunity to receive high-precision GLONASS signals in all territory of Russia”.

The two will be called Loutch-5A and 5B and will be in orbit in December 2010 and December 2011 respectively.

Previously Loutch geostationary satellites were used for relaying communications between the International Space Station (ISS) and other space vehicles and the ground. Kind of similar to U.S. Tracking and Data Relay Satellites. via

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