Sony has recently announced that its latest Xperia smartphones will feature GLONASS support for better positioning while on the go. According to Sony, the Russian radio-based satellite navigation system is a better alternative to GPS and is already fully supported by the recently announced Xperia ion and Xperi... |
24 January 2012
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At 2015 GMT on Sunday, October 2, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) launch a new GLONASS satellite into orbit. The new spacecraft is meant to patch up the holes left in the country's own satellite navigation (satnav) system by previous lack of maintenance funding.
A modernized Soyuz 2-1b delivery s... |
4 October 2011
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Authorities in the Russian Federation announce that three satellites aboard a recently-launched delivery system have been lost in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, after the rocket that carried them delivered them to the wrong orbit.The launch occurred yesterday, when a larger version of the renowned Proton rocket too... |
6 December 2010
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The Russian Federation is now the proud owner of another three navigation satellites, which were launched on Thursday aboard a Proton rocket. They will be added to the country's expanding constellation of instruments designed to provide advanced navigation data. The Glonass network is designed to feature the sam... |
3 September 2010
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Recently, a panel of experts designated by the European Union and the United States determined that collaboration between the two entities is possible for the next generation of positioning capabilities.Whereas the US already has had the Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation up and running for many years, the... |
24 August 2010
11:05 GMT |
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The Russian Federation has made no secret from the fact that it plans to construct its own global navigation system, similar to the American Global Positioning System (GPS). In order to do this successfully, and to gain global coverage, the nation's space agency, RosCosmos, needs to deliver a large number of sat... |
2 March 2010
03:21 GMT |
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Yesterday, the Russian space agency, RosCosmos, launched an additional three satellites to the Earth's orbit, all aboard a Proton delivery system. The new instruments are scheduled to become a part of the Glonass navigation system, which the country is developing as an alternative to the American-built Global Po... |
15 December 2009
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