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The Glonass was put into orbit successfully.. / February 28, 2011 /

The GLONASS-K spacecraft, launched from the Plesetsk at the morning on Feb. 26, taken on the managment on its planned orbit.

The launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1b with the satellite and Fregat upper stage was launched at 6:07 Moscow time. At 9:41 GLONASS-K was used for management by the Titov space means testing and control main testing center.

Derivation of a satellite into orbit was in normal mode, with the device installed telemetry link, it is functioning properly.

Launch Glonass-K satellite navigation the new generation was to be held on February 24 but was postponed twice due to faults and lack of time for testing. Conclusion spacecraft into orbit was the first successful launch after December 2010 when three satellites Glonass-M "fell into the ocean due to technical failures.

During 2011 from the cosmodrome «Plesetsk» in orbit is expected to derive two more spacecraft, which will join the constellation GLONASS in orbit, according to Interfax. The launches will take place in July an

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