On Monday evening, from the Russian cosmodrome near the village of Plesetsk, a Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle launched the last of the Glonass-M line of vehicles available in reserve – now only new generation satellite programs will be launched as part of this program.
We remind you that at the end of last year, a number of media outlets reported on the removal from the reserve and storage of the latest data “”.
After the launch of the upper stage with the name “Frigate”, the device with the number 761, also referred to as the 16th operating point, was transferred to the expected orbit and at the right time the satellite is in stable telemetry, controlled by the ground services of the videoconferencing and goes into operation, and all systems on the computer is working properly.
At present, 26 satellites are involved in the GLONASS navigation system in Russia, of which 22 are used functions that are currently at the stage of entering the system, and one more apparatus is at the stage of aircraft tests.
Source: Tech Cult
