Russia's Glonass navigation system will receive eight more satellites by the end of 2017, the head of Russia's Roscosmos's Department of Navigational Space Systems said Thursday.
"Launches to deliver up to eight space satellites for the Glonass system will be completed by the end of 2017 according to the criteria of operational needs," Andrei Vokov said at an international forum for satellite navigation in Moscow.
He added that one of the eight new satellites is scheduled to be launched into orbit at the end of May of this year.
++ GPS, GLONASS Get Chinese Neighbor as Beijing Launches Navigation System
China has launched its 22nd satellite for its BeiDou navigation system in the early hours of Wednesday, local media reported.
According to the Xinhua news agency, the satellite was launched atop a Long March-3A carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
The BeiDou system will be completed in 2020 and will comprise over 30 satellites.
BeiDou currently provides navigation services within China and the neighboring regions. After completion, the project would become an equivalent of the US Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia's Glonass, and Europe's Galileo.
Source: Sputnik News
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