Russia Launches Three New Glonass Navigation Satellites

Russia's Federal Space Agency has successfully launched three new Glonass navigation and positioning satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M rocket. After the latest launch on Dec. 25, Glonass - Russia's equivalent of the U.S. GPS system - counts 20 satellites, enough to cover Russia's entire territory with a positioning accuracy of up to 1 meter, Sergei Ivanov, Russia's deputy prime minister in charge of technology, said in televised remarks Dec. 25. More

(Source: Space.com - Dec 30)