Beskrivning : Launch of 3 satellites. Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) satellite launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome aboard a Proton rocket. Originally established in order to locate the Soviet Union`s civil aircraft and its merchant and fishing vessels, the signals were used by many American GPS system receivers as a complement/backup to the GPS system itself. The operational system contained 21 satellites in 3 orbital planes, with 3 on-orbit backups.

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GLONASS FLEET · KOSMOS 2316 TO 2318 · URAGAN #66 TO #68 (SATELLITES) · PROTON K & PROTON M