Die drei Glosnass-Satelliten wurden erfolgreich von der Proton in den Orbit gebracht.
The vehicle launched from launch pad number 81/24 at the historic launch complex, adding to the updating Glonass constellation. Glonass is a military network of GPS satellites that enables 3D positioning, velocity measuring and timing for the user.
Russia has been making franic efforts to update their military satellite capability over recent years, led by President Putin, who said he wishes to see the updated Glonass network to be 18 satellites strong by 2007, with six more Glonass Ms set for launch next year and another 12 by 2009.
This constellation will be updated even further with the Soyuz-2/Fregat launch of two Glonass-K satellites in 2010.
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