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Commercial Glonass Navigation Units Enter Market

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[1-3-08 – Satellite Today] The first 1,000 units that can receive signals from Russia’s Glonass and the U.S. GPS navigation system have sold out, according to Russian media reports.
    Glonass is a dual–purpose global navigation system designed to serve the Russian Ministry of Defense and civil users. The Federal Industry Agency is in charge of the production of the units, while the Russian Federal Space Agency operates the Glonass program.
    A Proton M launch vehicle placed three Glonass satellites into orbit Dec. 25, bringing the number of satellites in the constellation to 18.

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