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Russia launched new Glonass-M satellite.
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On April 26, 2013 at 05:23 UTC the "Soyuz-2.1b” rocket-carrier was launched from Russian northern Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The rocket equipped with the "Fregat” booster orbited Glonass-M navigation satellite. GLONASS is Russia’s answer to the US Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use.
