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Article: Greater accessibility of GLONASS via integration of satellite equipment and standalone navigation assets.(Russian Global Navigation Satellite System)
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- Military Thought
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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The high technical and operational characteristics of the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) that have been in evidence for 20 years, have turned satellite navigation equipment of its users into an inalienable component of the many navigation systems which control mobile air, sea (river) and land objects.
At the same time, not being a standalone electronic navigation system, GLONASS has proven to be affected by many outside factors, which degrade its characteristics and affect the efficiency of its component parts. These factors affect the number of satellites in the orbital grouping (OG), the operation of the ground-based control system and the ...