1st six years of the launch from Plesetsk navigation satellite of new generation " GLONASS-K ", which has been postponed several times, is expected in the last month of summer, said Last news a source in the rocket and space industry.
Send it into orbit periodically postponed from March because of delays in its production.
To launch a satellite "GLONASS-K" assume with the help of the carrier rocket " Soyuz-2. 1B "unit boost" Frigate ".
1st satellite "GLONASS-K" was launched into space in February 2011 and is Now undergoing flight test. The second "GLONASS-K" was launched in early winter 2014 and February 2016 works for the intended purpose. In February of the current year authorized enterprise "Information satellite systems named after Reshetnev" Roman Fatkulin said that in 2020-2022 years on orbit will bring nine " GLONASS-K ".
A new generation of satellites "GLONASS-K and GLONASS-K2" different from the apparatus of the last generation of "GLONASS-M" a large number of emitted navigation signals (five signals in " GLONASS-M ", 7, and nine - "GLONASS" and "GLONASS-K2" ) and long life (seven years, "GLONASS-M" 10 years - "GLONASS" and "GLONASS-K2" ).
at present the orbital grouping of the Russian global navigation satellite system GLONASS is made up of 27 satellites (25 "GLONASS-M" and two "GLONASS-K" ), of which 23 work on purpose, one is for flight tests, one in service and two in reserve. For global coverage of the Earth of navigation signals of the system requires 24 operational satellites.
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