Russia Monday launched a navigation satellite from its Plesetsk Space Centre, Space Forces spokesman Col Alexei Zolotukhin said. The Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket with the Glonass-M navigation satellite was launched at 12.15 am Monday. Read more
Rocket with the "GLONASS-M" satellite was launched from Plesetsk
Russian Space forces successfully launched the "GLONASS-M" navigation satellite on Monday night from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, according to Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin, Defence Ministry spokesman. Source (Russian)
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket with the Glonass-M navigation satellite was postponed until Sunday because of the approaching cyclone, Russia's Space Forces spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said on Saturday. Source
A Soyuz 2-1B-Fregat rocket with the Kosmos-Glonass M33 navigation satellite is scheduled to launch from the Plesetsk launch facility, at 20:19 GMT, 1st October, 2011.
Glonass satellite grounded for likely system error (August, 2011)
The launch of a Soyuz-2.1B rocket with a Glonass-M navigation satellite aboard, scheduled for the night of August 25-26 from the Plesetsk space centre, has been pushed back to sometime between September 1 and 10. News of the delayed liftoff broke a few hours before the scheduled launch.
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket with the Glonass-M navigation satellite was postponed for an additional equipment check, Russia's Space Forces commander said on Thursday. The launch from the Plesetsk Space Centre in northern Russia was scheduled for Thursday. Read more
Russia will go ahead with the launch of a navigation satellite on Friday only after it has carried out additional safety checks following the crash of a supply craft, the Russian space agency said on Thursday. Read more
A Russian Soyuz 2-1b rocket is scheduled to launch a Glonass-K satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 22:50 GMT, 25th August, 2011.
GLONASS-K is the latest satellite design intended as a part of the Russian GLONASS radio-based satellite navigation system. At 06:07 Moscow Time on 26 February 2011, the first GLONASS-K satellite was launched. Read more