Roscosmos has completed the installation of the Sazhen-TM system in South Africa

The Precision Instrumentation Systems Corporation (NPP SPP, part of Roscosmos) completed the commissioning work on installing the Sazhen-TM quantum-optical system (SBS) in the Republic of South Africa on the territory of the HartRA radio astronomy observatory (HartRAO).

“This is the second CBS of the foreign segment of the GLONASS measuring station network created by SPP in the framework of the Sigal design and development work provided for by the Federal Target Program“ Maintenance, Development and Use of the GLONASS System for 2012-2020 ”. In total, the foreign grouping of ground stations NPK SPP currently includes 4 non-query measuring stations (LSI) and 2 KOS. 1 CBS and 3 BISA are installed in Brazil, 1 BIS and 1 CBS are operating in South Africa, ”the release of Roskosmos says.

It is reported that “in the period from 16 to 22 December 2016. a series of night and day sessions of laser measurements of the range using the GLONASS spacecraft and the LAGEOS and LARES geodetic satellites was carried out. ” "The evaluation of the accuracy characteristics of the obtained measurement results confirmed the compliance of the obtained measurement data with the technical characteristics stated in the Sazhen-TM" technical passport ", - noted in Roscosmos

The press service clarified that the priority areas of SPC "SPP" activities are "the development, production and testing of precision instrumentation systems of various types." In addition to the parent company, the corporation includes 2 joint-stock companies and 5 subsidiaries.

Comments

[oleg-gr]

GLONASS is growing and developing. Perfectly. Attempts of Americans to not allow to put stations in the USA are not so important anymore. We survive and leave for the future.

[bouncyhunter]

GLONASS is growing and developing.

GLONASS - our answer to Chamberlain (in other words, to Babam)

[cniza]

Obama bit the bit and went into the peddle, he is now not up to GLONAS, soon everything will go to shit.

[x.andvlad]

I understand that Australia is not yet ripe for cooperation either. But nothing, soon the "wind" will change. You can also "work" with Indonesia. GLONASS ground development is underway, and that's good.

[megavolt823]

then the accuracy of the blows will increase. Cuba and Vietnam. for complete happiness. Well, if not, then it’s not bad either.

[Banishing liberoids]

Obama - take action, close the station, or find democracy in South Africa !!!

[aszzz888]

And so they’ll leave ZHP ... in ZHP.

[Igor V]

A verst-sazhen-vershok system? Maybe it’s worth switching to this system so that not a single adversary determines where we have what.