India and Russia today signed an agreement to share high precision signals from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS).The agreement to share the high precision signal from GLONASS satellites was signed on the sidelines of the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. AIR correspondent reports, Glonass is the Russian equivalent of the US Global Positioning System and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems allow users to determine their positions to within a few meters. Russia currently has a total of 26 GLONASS satellites in orbit, and all but three are operational.
News On AIR | December 21, 2010 7:20 PM
India, Russia sign agreement to share high precision signals from GLONASS