Russia and China are currently working on a joint project to develop “a navigation device with Glonass/Beidou support” to equip commercial carriers crossing Russia’s border with China. These plans were aired last week by Alexander Bondarenko, Head of the Glonass International Projects Department, at a conference in Novosibirsk. “The users will be provided with equal service in …
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Russia and India are considering setting up joint production of modules for Russia’s GLONASS satellite navigation system, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti quoted Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin of Russia as saying. “We have agreed to discuss cooperation in outer space over the next few weeks, including outstanding issues regarding manned space exploration, the …
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Scientists in Saratov, in the Lower Volga area of Russia, have developed the country’s first navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field. According to Russian news agency ITAR-TASS, the new system can be fully self-contained and is capable of providing an alternative to satellite-based navigation systems. The technology and the software have all been …
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China and Russia could form a single navigational space in the coming years. Negotiations on the harmonization of equipment standards for the Russian GLONASS satellite navigation system and the Chinese Beidou system started this summer. The most important direction for the planned extensive cooperation is the harmonization of standards, especially at the level of navigation …
China’s Beidou and Russia’s GLONASS to harmonize standards Read More
As part of a large set of actions that are designed to lessen Russian reliance on foreign technology and digital services, government agencies in the Irkutsk region (Siberia) were ordered last month by the presidential administration to stop using the services of Google. The ban concerns the use of Google’s web resources for the storage …
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Russia will shut down 11 American GPS stations on June 1 at least temporarily, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced earlier this week. Rogozin is responsible for Russia’s military-industrial complex, defense policy and military technology partnerships. The move threatens to bring a halt to the entire set of stations deployed in Russia by the United …
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The Russian Navigation Technologies company (RNT), a developer and producer of GPS/Glonass monitoring systems and Autotracker transport management systems, has filed for bankruptcy in the Moscow Arbitration Court, according to documents on the court’s website. In 2010, the company raised 300 million rubles (about $10 million at that time) placing its stock on the market. …
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Launched 35 years ago as an alternative to the American GPS and other international navigation systems, Russia’s national radio-based satellite navigation system GLONASS recently completed its satellite constellation to offer continuous coverage anywhere in the world. The Russian system has begun to generate interest from both domestic and international players, as reported by East-West Digital News. …
Mobile Satellite Systems (MSS) GLONASS, a Moscow-headquartered developer and manufacturer of monitoring equipment based on Russia’s GLONASS global satellite navigation technology, is making inroads into the booming automotive market in the United Arab Emirates. Last week RNSinfo, a Russian website covering developments in the domestic navigation sector, reported MSS GLONASS’ plans to finalize a strategic …
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The nationwide deployment of ERA-GLONASS, a real-time satellite-based service for reporting and responding to traffic accidents, is entering the home stretch. By August 2013, 62 more Russian regions will be connected to the system’s infrastructure, Digit.ru reported earlier this week. As a result of a tender, GLONASS, a non-profit partnership which carries out the task …
The three-year federal embezzlement investigation into Russia’s GLONASS national satellite navigation program saw a new development earlier this month as Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court ruled to keep in custody both the former and current CEOs of Synertech, a Moscow-based company contracted for R&D work by Russian Space Systems – one of Russia’s key space exploration …
More embezzlement seen at GLONASS – $213 million total over three years Read More
Russia’s central government has been the main promoter of the satellite-based GLONASS geolocation technology across the country, but local realities sometimes contradict Moscow’s spectacular nationwide plans. Transportation companies operating in Saratov, in the Lower Volga area, came across this duality recently when attempting the introduction of ERA-GLONASS, a real-time satellite-based service for reporting and responding …
