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Russia, India May Jointly Make Glonass, GPS Navigation DevicesMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2010 Russia and India might establish a joint venture to produce navigation equipment for GPS and its Russian equivalent Glonass, the head of the Russian federal satellite navigation operator said on Tuesday. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems allow users to determine their positions to within a few meters. "We are actively working on a project ... read more |
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Moscow,(RIA Novosti) Feb 12, 2010On February 10 fifteen years ago, the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) met in Almaty, then capital of Kazakhstan (Central Asia), to sign an agreement to create a joint air defense system. In February 2010, they held a jubilee meeting of the Committee on Air Defense at the CIS Council of Defense Ministers. The CIS leaders established the joint air defense system to pr ... more  
Chennai, India (PTI) Feb 11, 2010Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Radhakrishnan has said the flight- testing of the indigenous cryogenic stage of the GSLV D3 would be conducted in April. Talking to reporters after receiving the Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) at the fifth convocation of SRM University here, Radhakrishnan said: The vehicle would carry GAST-4, a communication satellite. Though we had several ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 10, 2010A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying a U.S. telecommunications satellite has been delivered to a launch pad at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan in preparation for the February 12 launch. The carrier rocket will put into orbit the Intelsat-16 satellite, which was developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation for the Intelsat Ltd., a leading provider of satellite services worldwide. T ... more |
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Russia To Track Glonass Satellites From Antarctic StationMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 08, 2010 The Academician Fyodorov scientific research vessel has arrived at the Russian Antarctic outpost of Bellingshausen on a mission to set up a station for tracking the GLONASS navigation satellites, the Voice of Russia reported. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems allow users to determine their positions to within a few meters. Russia currently ... read more |
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