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RE: Glonass satellite launch

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Russia's GLONASS Sat Nav system

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Russia successfully orbited at 10:42 p.m. Moscow time (7:42 p.m. GMT) on Tuesday three Glonass navigation satellites.
The three satellites were launched from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan to join the existing satellite constellation, which comprises 15 operational satellites. The launch took place for the first time on board an improved Proton-M carrier rocket.

"The DM upper-stage rocket and three Glonass satellites separated from the booster rocket and went into orbit" - spokesman for the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).

The satellites are scheduled to separate from the upper-stage rocket at 2:24 a.m. Moscow time (11:24 p.m. GMT).

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Glonass Launch

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A proton-m carrier rocket with three satellites of the Glonass Global Positioning System is to blast off from Baikonur Space Launch Centre on Tuesday.
An official in the press service of the Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) has told reporters, "the liftoff of the proton-m with a dm acceleration unit and three spacecraft of glonass-m type is scheduled for 22:32 Moscow time".
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A Proton-M carrier rocket that was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 22.32 MST, has put three GLONASS navigation satellites into a parking orbit at 22.42 MST.

"The DM starting block and three satellites GLONASS were separated from the carrier and entered into parking orbit" - Roskosmosa Spokesperson.

According to the spokesperson, the three satellite orbits will be separated - and the parking orbit will be transferred into a more circular operational orbit.

"Three and a half hours after launch, (after 02.00 msk) the satellites willl separation from the DM starting block, and then transferred into the correct orbital plane" - Roskosmosa Spokesperson.

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The Proton-M rocket has successfully launched on time

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Webcast from "Vesti" TV-channel (at 19:30 UT).

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A Russian improved Proton-M carrier rocket will launch three Glonass spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 19:32 GMT (22.32 Moscow time, 14:32 EST), 25th December, 2007.
The three Glonass spacecraft will join the orbiting 15 Glonass satellite navigation constellation.
The 18 satellites would now be capable of providing navigation and positioning data to cover the Russian Federation.
A fully operational Glonass constellation will consist of 24 Glonass-M and Glonass-K satellites by 2010.

Credit ROSCOSMOS

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