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Russia launches last Glonass-M satellite
Russia launched Soyuz carrier rocket with a Glonass-M navigation satellite on board from the Plesetsk Space Center. The launch of the Glonass, which will augment a group of 27 similar satellites already in orbit. This was the 5th and the last launch of a Glonass satellite this year. On November 4, 2011, three reserve Glonass-M ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Topics: Global Positioning System • GLONASS • GLONASS satellites • GLONASS-K • In Russia • Kosmos • Navigation • Satellite navigation • Satellite navigation systems • Space program of Russia • Spacecraft
Russia Completes the Deployment of GLONASS network
GLONASS (Globalnaya Navigazionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System) is a radio-based satellite navigation system operated for the Russian Government by the Russian Space Forces. It is an alternative and complement to the United States’ Global Positioning System (GPS), the Chinese Compass navigation system and the planned Galileo positioning system of the European Union. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Topics: Galileo • Global Positioning System • GLONASS • GLONASS satellites • Navigation • Navigation system • Satellite navigation • Satellite navigation systems • Satellites • Space program of Russia • Spacecraft • Spaceflight
Current Affairs: October 8, 2011
Deployment of GLONASS network, completed by Russia Russia finished the deployment of its global positioning satellite group “Glonass”. GLONASS is the Russian comparable of the U.S. GPS (Global Positioning System). It is intended for military and civilian use. At present, there are 28 Glonass satellites in orbit. GLONASS (Globalnaya Navigazionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Galileo • Global Positioning System • GLONASS • Navigation • Navigation system • Positioning system • Satellite navigation • Satellite navigation systems • Satellites • Space program of Russia • Spacecraft • Technology
Current Affairs April 7, 2010
Events, Happenings & Observances:World Health Day, 2010April 7 is observed all over as World Health Day. This commemorates the First World Health Assembly in 1948.Read Here 90th Birth Day of Pandit Ravi Shankar:Sitar Maestro Bharat Ratna (1999) Pandit Ravi Shankar was born on 7 April 1920. He was a shishya (pupil) of legendary Allauddin Khan. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2010
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Bharat Ratna • Cinema of India • Compressed natural gas • Current Affairs 2010 • GLONASS • India • Subdivisions of India • Tamil Nadu