Glonass-K satellite, which was launched shortly after the local time 6: 00 a.m., reached the orbit, said Aleksei Reklos, space forces spokesman of the Ministry of defence.
The voice of the space craft into space "has gone according to plan. Constant telemetry communications were established with the craft of space, "he said.
After the embarrassing loss of three satellites last year, two more are planned to be launched in 2011 to complete the project of 2 billion dollars that said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will give Russia "satellite navigation sovereignty."
Moscow is hoping that the GLONASS navigation technology that will create a revolution in the consumer technology in the domestic market, with applications that you plan to use cell phones and cars.
Three Glonass satellites were launched in December last year travelling out progress and crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii, Moscow that cost about $ 160 million and set the program back a about six months.
Without Russia's Glonass, military fears that is at the mercy of the United States, which it says could freeze or blur your GPS signal in time of crisis — accusations that were widely used during a brief war 2008 between Georgia and Russia.
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