It will allow Venezuelans to permanently and freely access data for land, maritime, and air transportation.

On Wednesday, Nicolas Maduro announced the start of operations of the Russian GLONASS navigation system, which is analogous to the American GPS.

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“The measurement station of the ss1-s route of the GLONASS system will begin operations this week,” he said, explaining that the goal is to optimize navigation services in Venezuela.

In December 2022, the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced an agreement to install a GLONASS navigation system station in Venezuela, which is also analogous to the European Galileo and Chinese BeiDou systems.

The station will enhance the capabilities of GLONASS both in the Western Hemisphere and globally, Roscosmos stated at the time.

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The installation and commissioning of the station were agreed upon following a meeting of the intergovernmental commission held in Caracas at that time.

GLONASS will allow Venezuelans to permanently and freely access data for land, maritime, and air transportation; precision agricultural cultivation; monitoring the condition of infrastructure and industrial plants; and conducting scientific experiments.

The station will ensure safe navigation for users of Precise Point Positioning technology. Designed by the Precision Equipment Systems Corporation, which is part of Roscosmos, the station receives open signals transmitted by satellites from global navigation systems and relays the measurement results in real time.

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Source: EFE

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