Thursday, May 24, 2007

Ukraine and Russia to cooperate in GLONASS

RBC, 24.05.2007, Kiev 09:53:46.Ukraine and Russia have discussed the prospects of cooperation in setting up ground infrastructure to make it possible for Russian and Ukrainian consumers to use GLONASS and other navigation satellite systems, Ukrainian National Space Agency General Director Yury Alekseyev told journalists today following a space industry meeting in Moscow on May 17-18.

According to Alekseyev, practical steps have been planned to start work on establishing ground infrastructure, including a trial launch of a fragment of the system on Ukraine and Russia's bordering territories, Crimea and the Krasnodar region, as early as 2008.

Source: http://www.rbcnews.com/free/20070524095346.shtml

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