Russia launches rocket

A Proton-M rocket, carrying three satellites for Russian Glonass navigation system, is transported to the launch pad in the Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome.

A Proton-M rocket, carrying three satellites for Russian Glonass navigation system, is transported to the launch pad in the Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome.

Published Dec 5, 2010

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Moscow - Russia launched a rocket carrying three of its Glonass navigation satellites into space on Sunday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Interfax news agency reported.

The Proton-M rocket blasted off on time carrying three Glonass-M satellites, part of a system designed by the Russian government as a rival to the United States government's Global Positioning System (GPS), Interfax reported. - Sapa-AFP

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