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GLONASS

The Global Navigation Satellite System (Russian: Глобальная навигационная спутниковая система, romanized: Global'naya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema), usually referred to by the acronym GLONASS (ГЛОНАСС, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox…

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Accuracy
2.8–7.38 metres
Country/ies of origin
Soviet Union Russia
Coverage
Global
Current usable satellites
25
First launch
12 October 1982; 43 years ago (1982-10-12)
Last launch
2 March 2025

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GLONASS

Nodes139
Edges138
Triples208
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014388
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related to Bibliography · 81
GLONASS → Air, American Scientists, Andrew, April, Archived, Associated Press, August, Compatibility Working Group, Cooperation With India, CS1, December, Edition, English, February, FEDERAL SPECIAL-PURPOSE PROGRAM, Federation, GLOBAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM, GLONASS Interface Control Document, GLONASS News, GLONASS Summary
related to Satellites · 20
GLONASS → Cosmos-NNNN, Each GLONASS, GLONASS-K, GLONASS-M, GRAU, Institute, ISS Reshetnev, Joint Stock Company Information, NPO-PM, Omsk, Over, Production Corporation Polyot, Radio Navigation, Russian Institute, Satellite Systems Reshetnev, Serial, Space Device Engineering, The, Time, Zheleznogorsk
related to Standards · 15
GLONASS → Archived, CDMA, Edition, General, GLONASS Interface Control Document, L1, L2, L3, Navigational, October, Open CDMA, PDF, Retrieved, Russian, Russian Space Systems OJSC
related to Third generation · 15
GLONASS → As, BeiDou, CDMA, February, Galileo, GLONASS's, GLONASS-K, GLONASS-M, GPS, It, L3, L5, Russian, Russian Military, The
related to Second generation · 13
GLONASS → As, Fifty-two GLONASS-M, GLONASS-M, L-band, Laser, On-board, Proton-K Blok-DM2, Proton-K Briz-M, Some, Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat, The, These, They
related to Accuracy · 10
GLONASS → According, Differentional Correction, For, GLONASS/GPS, GPS, In, Monitoring's, NSV, Russian System, Some
related to First generation · 9
GLONASS → Block IIa, Block IIb, IIb, IIv, Over, Six Block IIa, The, These, Uragan
related to Receivers · 6
GLONASS → Companies, FurunoJAVAD GNSS, GNSS, IncSeptentrioTopconC-NavMagellan NavigationNovatelComNav, Leica GeosystemsHemisphere GNSSTrimble Incu-blox, Ltd
related to Availability · 5
GLONASS → As, March, Russia, The, The GLONASS
related to Ground control · 5
GLONASS → Brazil, Nicaragua, Soviet Union, The, The GLONASS

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satellites 2007 gps navigation russian signal system archived satellite retrieved original april october signals 2016 space 12 cdma launched glonass-m

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GLONASSAccuracy2.8–7.38 metres1.00infobox
GLONASSCountry/ies of originSoviet Union Russia1.00infobox
GLONASSCoverageGlobal1.00infobox
GLONASSCurrent usable satellites251.00infobox
GLONASSFirst launch12 October 1982; 43 years ago (1982-10-12)1.00infobox
GLONASSLast launch2 March 20251.00infobox
GLONASSNominal satellites241.00infobox
GLONASSOperatorRoscosmos1.00infobox
GLONASSOrbital height19,130 km1.00infobox
GLONASSOrbital period.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .de…1.00infobox
GLONASSRegime3 × MEO planes1.00infobox
GLONASSRevisit period8 sidereal days1.00infobox
GLONASSStatusOperational1.00infobox
GLONASSTypeMilitary, civilian1.00infobox
GLONASSWebsiteglonass-iac.ru/en1.00infobox
GLONASSis amost expensive program of Roscosmos0.90text

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