Roskosmos’ subsidiary, Precision Instrumentation Systems Research and Production Corporation, will deploy a GLONASS ground station in Venezuela. It has been reported TASS.
An appropriate contract was signed within the framework of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Venezuela. The contract on behalf of Venezuela was signed by the Bolivarian Space Agency.
Previously recognizedNew ground stations were developed at NPP Radiosvyaz of the Roselectronics holding, which is part of Rostec, improving the accuracy of the GLONASS global navigation system.
According to Rinat Galeev, Managing Director of the enterprise, they are engaged in off-demand measurement stations on the ground and help correct the position of orbiting satellites.
Before reportedThat experts from the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (TsNIIMash) have developed software that will double the accuracy of the GLONASS navigation system.