Russia launched into three new satellites orbits

In the morning of March 2, Russia successfully launched three new satellite navigation orbits, complementing Russia's Glonass positioning satellite system operating in orbit.

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Three new satellites, weighing 1.4 tons, were launched into orbit from Russia's Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 21.21 (GMT) on March 1, or 4: 21 minutes on February 2. 3 (Vietnam time).

Russia's Glonass satellite navigation system has been developed by the Russian armed forces since the 1980s in order to compete with the US Global Positioning System (GPS) and in the future will compete with Europe's Galileo system. .

Before the three new satellites were launched into orbit, Glonass had 22 satellites operating in orbit.