A third generation satellite, Glonass-K, is under development for launch in 2005. Glonass had 24 operational satellites in 1995, but the system deteriorated from 1996 to 2000 due to a lack of funding.

By 2010, GLONASS had achieved 100 percent coverage of Russian territory and in October 2011, the full orbital constellation of 24 satellites was restored, enabling full global coverage.

The personnel decision is apparently related to a scandal involving embezzlement of 6.5 billion rubles ($200 million) of the GLONASS programs funds at RSS, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told ...

Three of the new GLONASS navigation, long-life satellites were launched early Christmas morning, bringing to 20 the number of Russian navigation satellites in orbit. The new satellites have an ...

ST. PETERSBURG, June 1. /TASS/. Russia’s Glonass navigation satellites will be better protected against cyber attacks, Chief Designer of Glonass Company (the operator of the Era-Glonass system ...

Users of satellite navigation systems around the world were experiencing problems this week after Russia’s Glonass satellite positioning system was hit by a major disruption. So far, the cause ...

Moscow: Russia is set to increase the number of satellites comprising its Glonass navigation system to 18 by the end of 2007, the head of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) said Monday. The ...

American and European companies continue to produce microchips that support the Russian GLONASS navigation system; Russia keeps buying these microchips to fire missiles at Ukraine. Source: press ...