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MOSCOW, March 29 – RIA Novosti Orbital. GLONASS grouping can be extended in 2016 by two or three new satellites “Glonass-M”, wrote on Tuesday the newspaper “Izvestia” referring to the general director of JSC “Information satellite systems Reshetnev” (ISS) Nikolai Testoedova.
“the launch of the satellite” Glonass-M “is scheduled us for the next three months in the second orbital plane. further, we are planning for this year yet another launch” GLONASS-M “in the second plane. And at the end of the year as possible is another run in the second or third plane, “- the newspaper quoted Testoedova
He said that the launch of the satellites will depend on the grouping condition..” Her we went condition is stable, a stable quality devices: the active period laid satellites in existence for seven years we have seven devices work, exceeding the time limit. This indicates that the devices are designed well enough “- said Testoyedov.
also representative of ISS said that to bring the satellite into orbit,” Roskosmos “will, as before, to use the rocket” Soyuz “, not . resorting to “Proton” offers this choice, he explains the presence of two reasons: firstly, the reliability of the “Soyuz”, and secondly, the economy in the expenditure of reserve units
According to the publication, is currently on. for the intended purpose orbit employs 23 spacecraft at the authorized strength of 24 (eight in each orbital plane). The need for new start-ups began in February this year, when almost simultaneously down came two space GLONASS apparatus in the second orbital plane.
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