Tag: Glonass
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Soyuz perseveres through lightning strike with Glonass satellite
A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a Glonass navigation satellite withstood a lightning strike seconds after liftoff Monday, and still delivered its payload to orbit. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in far northern Russia at 0623 GMT (2:23 a.m. EDT; 9:23 a.m. Moscow time) Monday, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. Seconds…
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Soyuz 2-1b launches latest GLONASS-M satellite – despite being hit by lightning
A Russian Soyuz-2-1b rocket launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Monday, deploying a replacement satellite for the GLONASS navigation system with the aid of a Fregat-M upper stage. Liftoff occurred at 06:23 UTC, beginning a three-and-a-half hour journey to the spacecraft’s destination orbit that ended with a successful spacecraft separation. During launch, the Soyuz was…
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Glonass navigation satellite in orbit after Soyuz launch
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense A new satellite joined Russia’s Glonass navigation fleet Saturday with a successful launch on top of a Soyuz rocket into an orbit nearly 12,000 miles above Earth. The Glonass M navigation satellite lifted off aboard a Soyuz-2.1b…
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Navigation satellite launched to join Russia’s Glonass network
A new Russian navigation satellite lifted off Saturday on top of a Soyuz rocket, riding the three-stage booster and a Fregat upper stage into orbit to supplement the country’s Glonass network providing precise global positioning and timing services. The Glonass-M navigation craft, built by ISS Reshetnev in Zheleznogorsk, Russia, lifted off at 2146 GMT (5:46…
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Replenishment satellite launched into Russia’s Glonass navigation fleet
A Soyuz rocket added a new satellite to Russia’s Glonass navigation network Friday with an on-target delivery nearly 12,000 miles above Earth. The fresh Glonass M spacecraft replaces a defunct satellite launched nearly 11 years ago, sustaining the Glonass system’s near-global reach for the Russian military. A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off at 0002:32 GMT Friday…
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Soyuz 2-1B successfully launches latest GLONASS-M mission
A Soyuz 2-1B rocket has conducted a launch in support of Russia’s GLONASS satellite navigation system in the early hours of Friday local time, carrying the Uragan-M No.52S spacecraft on a path to its destination orbit. Liftoff from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia was on schedule at 03:02 Moscow Time (00:02 UTC). Russian Launch:…
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Russia’s navigation network receives new satellite
A Glonass navigation satellite blasted off Sunday aboard a Soyuz rocket, reaching an orbit nearly 12,000 miles above Earth to join Russia’s fleet of positioning, navigation and timing spacecraft. The new Glonass M satellite, designated No. 53 in the navigation system, launched at 0844 GMT (4:44 a.m. EDT) Sunday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in far…
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Russia deploys another GLONASS-M spacecraft via Soyuz 2-1B launch
A Russian Soyuz 2-1B has launched the latest GLONASS-M Global Navigation satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Launch occurred from Pad 43/4 at the spaceport, with T-0 reported as 08:44 UTC on Sunday. The spacecraft was launched with the designation of Glonass n°53, ahead of being renamed Kosmos-2516 once operational in orbit. Spacecraft separation occurred at 12:16…
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Russia deploys another GLONASS-M spacecraft via Soyuz 2-1B launch
A Russian Soyuz 2-1B has launched the latest GLONASS-M Global Navigation satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Launch occurred from Pad 43/4 at the spaceport, with T-0 reported as 08:44 UTC on Sunday. The spacecraft was launched with the designation of Glonass n°53, ahead of being renamed Kosmos-2516 once operational in orbit. Spacecraft separation occurred at 12:16…
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Glonass navigation system reinforced by Soyuz launch
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from Russia’s northern cosmodrome Sunday, adding another satellite to the nation’s Glonass navigation fleet to replace an aging spacecraft. The Glonass M platform launched at 0021 GMT Sunday (7:21 p.m. EST Saturday) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a military facility in the Arkhangelsk region about 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of…