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Russia launches three navigation satellites

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-02 05:50
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MOSCOW – Russia launched a carrier rocket early Tuesday to send three Glonass navigation satellites into orbit.

The Proton-M rocket lifted off at 00:20 Moscow time (2120 GMT Monday) from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a live TV broadcast showed.