This year can be launched three satellites “Glonass” – News

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By the end of this year, the GLONASS constellation can be extended two or three new satellites “Glonass-M”. This “News” the general director and general designer of JSC “ISS Reshetnev” Nikolai Testoyedov

-. The launch of the satellite “GLONASS M “is scheduled us for the next three months in the second orbital plane, – said Nikolay Testoyedov. – Next, 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. We watch as groups. Her condition is stable, we went to the stable quality of devices: when laid the active life of the satellites in the seven years we have seven devices work, exceeding the time limit. This indicates that the devices are designed well enough.

Now in orbit for the intended purpose are 23 spacecraft at staffing levels 24 (eight in each orbital plane). The need for new start-ups began in February this year, when almost simultaneously came down two spacecraft GLONASS system in the second orbital plane.

according to Nikolai Testoedova this year for launching satellites “Glonass” will not be used rocket “Proton”, the preference is still given to a single run with the help of rockets “Soyuz”. This takes into account two factors: the reliability of the carrier “Soyuz”, the use of which has not yet been failures in the derivation of “GLONASS” (for comparison: the derivation of “Glonass”, “Proton” in recent years there have been two accidents), as well as savings on the expenditure reserve units.

On Earth, in the reserve lies eight ready-to-use devices “Glonass-M”. Plus, the Roskosmos signed with ISS Reshetnev contract for production of 11 new generation of satellites: nine “Glonass-K1″ and two “Glonass-K2″, which is planned to put into orbit in 2018

Maintain a constellation of navigation satellites Russia urged not only to their own reasons, but also voluntarily adopted international obligations.

In 2012, on behalf of the Federal Space Agency of the Russian government made a formal statement to the international community and the International civil aviation organization (ICAO) «on granting for use free of charge of the GLONASS system.” The statement said about Russia’s commitment to support the availability of parameters and accuracy characteristics of GLONASS in accordance with ICAO standards and recommended practices for at least 15 years, ie, at least until 2027

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