Glonass Navigation Constellation Replenishment Mission reaches target Orbit

February 7, 2016January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 3204 Views Glonass, Glonass-M, Plesetsk

Russia became the third country to send a navigation satellite into orbit this week when a Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 0:21 UTC on Sunday on a critical mission to replenish Russia’s Glonass Satellite Navigation Constellation.

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Glonass Satellite blasts off atop Soyuz Rocket to replenish Russian Navigation Constellation

February 7, 2016January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 5433 Views Glonass, Glonass-M, Plesetsk

Russia’s Soyuz rocket thundered into the night skies over the country’s prime military launch site Saturday night, lifting off with a Glonass-M navigation satellite to replenish the Glonass satellite constellation in orbit 19,000 Kilometers above Earth.

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Soyuz Rocket set for Saturday Night Liftoff with Glonass Navigation Satellite

February 6, 2016January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 2977 Views Glonass, Glonass-M, Plesetsk

Russia’s Soyuz rocket is set to conduct its year-opening launch Saturday night from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, carrying a Glonass-M navigation satellite into orbit.