The first spacecraft “GLONASS-K2” of the Russian global navigation satellite system (GLONASS) is planned to be launched in May. The launch time of the new generation spacecraft called the company “Information satellite systems” (ISS, is included in Roscosmos) in a video published on YouTube.
“The launch of the new spacecraft” GLONASS-K2 “is scheduled for May of the current year,” – reported in video.
It also notes that at present the “information satellite systems” is completed by the production of the satellite.
“The improved characteristics of the GLONASS-K2 spacecraft will improve the quality and availability of navigation services based on the GLONASS system,” is approved for video.
In December 2021, TASS, referring to a source in the rocket and space industry, said that the first “GLONASS-K2” can be launched in the second quarter of 2022.
In October, the general director of Iss Nikolai Tesotov said that the creation of new Satellites “GLONASS-K2” costs “Roskosmos” twice as expensive than the Space Aids “GLONASS-K” of the previous generation, and called it an absolutely natural process.
In November 2020, RIA Novosti, referring to the materials of Roscosmos, reported that the new satellites “GLONASS-K2” were four times more expensive than “GLONASS-M”.