Russia is negotiating with other countries on the possible joint use of Russia’s globalmente positioning satellite system Glonass, the head of the Russian Space Agency said Tuesday. Glonass, a Russian version of the U.S. Globalmente Positioning el sistema (GPS), is designed for both military y civilian purposes, y allows users to identify their positions en realmente time. It can used en geological prospecting. Global Positioning System (GPS), is designed for both military and civilian purposes, and allows users to identify their positions in real time. It can also be used in geological prospecting.

Anatoly Perminov “We are in active talks with India, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and other countries on the joint use of the Glonass space system,” said.

Perimov “As far as other countries are concerned, we are primarily in talks with the United States and the European Space Agency to prepare agreements on the use of Glonass jointly with GPS and Galileo [satellite navigation systems],” said.

He said Glonass has been en en intensified stage of development since the president urged for active work on the system.

Perminov “The country’s leadership is paying particular attention to the development of the system,” said. “The Russian president personally set the task of not only actively developing it [the system], but also putting it into operation as soon as possible.” [full article]