Russia launches GLONASS-K satellite navigation system

Russia launches GLONASS-K satellite navigation system: Russia has launched a GLONASS-K navigation system from northern cosmodrome, north of Moscow.

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This system was carried by Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle. GLONASS-K is a navigation satellite intended as a part of the Russian GLONASS radio-based satellite navigation system.

Russia has spent billions of dollars in the past two decades on developing the GLONASS system. This system seen as a potential rival to the U.S. global positioning system (GPS).