Russia to launch new global navigation satellite in late December

A Russian Glonass-K satellite has been delivered to the Plesetsk Space Center in Arkhangelsk Oblast, where it will be launched later this month. The satellite will be sent into orbit atop a modernized Soyuz rocket, RIA Novosti reports. Russia lost three Glonass-M satellites on December 5th when a Proton rocket launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan deviated from its course and the satellites were dropped in the Pacific Ocean. More

(Source: Barents Observer - Dec 16)