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October 9th, 2010
Commissioning of the First of Three Glonass-M’s Launched in September

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ROSCOSMOS – Satellite №736 of the GLONASS orbital constellation has been commissioned on Oct. 4. The satellite was launched on Sept. 2, aboard Proton, together with the other two navigation spacecraft.  Currently, GLONASS constellation comprises 26 satellites, with 18 in nominal operation, 2- to be commissioned, 4 undergoing technical maintenance, and 2 as orbital backup. Three Glonass-M’s and one new-generation Glonass-K are to launched by the end of 2010. Read More