Russia’s Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, will launch the Glonass-K2 global navigation system in 2013.
Roscosmos’s Central Research Institute of Machine Building deputy director, Sergei Revnivykh, said the new satellite would be modernised with an upgraded signal downloading system.
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The new satellite, designed for both military and civilian use, will provide three new code-distinguished signals in L1 and L2 bands for special users, and one in L1 band for users.
Glonass-K1 satellite will be launched in December from the Plesetsk Space Centre 800km north of Moscow.
There are currently about 26 Glonass satellites in orbit, and three more Glonass-M satellites are expected to be launched by the end of 2010.
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