1st six years of the launch from Plesetsk navigation satellite of new generation "GLONASS-K" is scheduled for August, said Last news a source in the rocket and space industry. Sending periodically transferred since March due to delays in production. "GLONASS-K" is obliged to go into orbit with a carrier rocket " Soyuz-2. 1B "unit boost" Frigate ". The 1st such satellite was sent into space in February 2011, he is currently undergoing flight test. The second "GLONASS-K" was taken in early winter 2014 and February 2016, he is working 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 in orbit, there are still nine devices. A new generation of satellites "GLONASS-K and GLONASS-K2" differ from previous "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" ten years on "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. <span style="color:darkgray