Soyuz launches GLONASS navigation satellite from Plesetsk

NASASpaceFlight.com Forums L2 Sign Up Artemis SpaceX Commercial ISS International Other Shop Soyuz launches GLONASS navigation satellite from Plesetsk written by Sawyer Rosenstein October 10, 2022 Russia has added another satellite to its current satellite navigation network with the successful launch of a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat rocket. Liftoff occurred at 5:52 AM Moscow Time (02:52 UTC) on Oct. 10 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the northwestern part of Russia carrying GLONASS-K1 No. 17. The GLONASS constellation of satellites is very similar to the US Global Positioning System (GPS) and European Galileo satellites. More

(Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Oct 11)