Delivered-To: igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:15:24 -0400 (AST) From: Richard Langley To: igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov Subject: [IGSMAIL-4816]: Russia building up its GLONASS global navigation system Message-ID: Sender: owner-igsmail Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 29 Jan 13:15:27 PST 2004 Message Number 4816 ****************************************************************************** Author: Richard Langley (relaying Itar-Tass news item at Stefan Schaer's request) Russia building up its GLONASS global navigation system 28.01.2004, 14.41 MOSCOW, January 28 (Itar-Tass) - Russia is to launch three Uragan sputniks this year, chiefly to complete the job of building up its own GLONASS global navigation system. Given the success of those launches, scheduled for the end of 2004, Russia will get by 2005 its own "fully- fledged GLONASS group of 16-18 sputniks", Itar-Tass was told at Rosaviakosmos. More: =============================================================================== Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@unb.ca Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/ ===============================================================================