Navigation satellite "Glonass-M" after passing an unscheduled maintenance service again in the ranks. The device was identified accuracy characteristics worse than acceptable.
Recall, the satellite was launched in March 2010, has developed a warranty resource - 7 years. Not so long ago, his work was identified failures. And after the service, it again functions as intended. The satellite with system number 731 was launched for unscheduled maintenance on February 13.
In the orbital grouping, all of the 24 Glonass spacecraft out of 24 that are required to provide the global coverage of the Earth with navigation signals of this system are currently working for their intended purpose.
In 2019, it is planned to launch one serial device of the new generation Glonass-K1, the first Glonass-K2 of the next generation, and also, according to operational necessity, four devices of the current generation of Glonass-M.
