global orbiting navigation satellite system
- global orbiting navigation satellite system
A navigation satellite system developed by the Russian military that provides a high degree of navigation accuracy sufficient for en route and nonprecision applications. The operational space segment of GLONASS consists of twenty-one satellites in three orbital planes, with three on-orbit spares. The ground control segment of GLONASS is located entirely within former Soviet Union territory. See
global navigation satellite system.
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