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Tuesday May 29, 2007 1:43 pm
Russia To Offer GPS Alternative
New navigational devices from Russia are in the works to be released to retail stores later this year. Their Glonass SRNS (Satellite Radio Navigation System) is used by the military as well as individuals and was set up to compete with the U.S.’s network as well as Europe’s planned Galileo. First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov says that their gadgets will work with Glonass as well as our current GPS network. By the time the SRNS is completed (the target date is 2009,) it will be composed of a total of 24 satellites. It’s about to get pretty crowded up there.
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