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>»»> Another Back-up GPS System . . . "HOW SWEET IT IS !"
>»»> DOUBLING was Reassurance but now . . . TRIPLING the number of Satellites ?
>»»> Meanwhile people are talking about 'Global Warming !'
>»»> "Good Golly Miss Molly ! . ." How many satellites do we need to place around our planet just
to guide-us home ?"
>»»> Just in case the 'First, Second and Third' would go . . . 'Kaput !' A 'FOURTH SYSTEM' would
be nice !
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>»«< MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia successfully launched a rocket in December 2007 carrying the
last three satellites to complete a navigation system to rival America's GPS.
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>»«< The military-run GLONASS mapping system works over most of Russia and is expected to
cover the globe by the end of 2009, once all its 24 navigational satellites are operating.
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>»«< Work on GLONASS -- or Global Navigation Satellite System -- began in the Soviet Union in
the mid-1970s to give its armed forces exact bearings around the world.
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>»«< The collapse of the Russian economy in the late 1990s drained funds and the plans withe-
red, but President Vladimir Putin has ensured the project is now being lavishly funded from a brim-
ming government budget.
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>»«< Officials said GLONASS would mainly be used alongside the U.S. global positioning system,
which Washington can switch off for civilian subscribers, as it did during recent military operations
in Iraq.
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