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I welcome our new Russian Overlords
Can you believe the tech ability of these guys?! I think Kruschev was right, Russia will bury us.
First they'll track dogs and then who knows what? Vehicles, people, weather, etc. Truly impressive. I wonder why no one else thought of this?
Rumour has it the first 1000 GLONASS customers will recieve a free hula hoop.
MOSCOW - Russia's satellite navigation system is still taking shape, but President Vladimir Putin already has a plan for how to use it: to keep tabs on his black labrador.
Putin on Monday listened to First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov as he briefed the cabinet on the development of GLONASS, the acronym for Global Navigation Satellite System. The Russian leader then asked, "When will I be able to buy the necessary equipment for my dog Koni so that she doesn't run too far?"
Ivanov responded that collars for dogs and cats with satellite-guided positioning equipment will be available for private consumers in the middle of next year.
GLONASS was developed during the Soviet times as a response to the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS.
The system originally had 24 satellites, but their number had dwindled after the 1991 Soviet collapse. Thanks to Russia's booming oil revenues, the government has earmarked funds to revive the system to its full strength and offer it to global consumers.
Ivanov said that a Russian booster rocket was set to put another three GLONASS satellites into orbit Tuesday, bringing their total number to 18 - the number necessary to provide navigation services over the entire Russian territory.
Ivanov said that the system would be available worldwide by 2010, for which it would need to have 24 satellites.
Putin on Monday listened to First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov as he briefed the cabinet on the development of GLONASS, the acronym for Global Navigation Satellite System. The Russian leader then asked, "When will I be able to buy the necessary equipment for my dog Koni so that she doesn't run too far?"
Ivanov responded that collars for dogs and cats with satellite-guided positioning equipment will be available for private consumers in the middle of next year.
GLONASS was developed during the Soviet times as a response to the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS.
The system originally had 24 satellites, but their number had dwindled after the 1991 Soviet collapse. Thanks to Russia's booming oil revenues, the government has earmarked funds to revive the system to its full strength and offer it to global consumers.
Ivanov said that a Russian booster rocket was set to put another three GLONASS satellites into orbit Tuesday, bringing their total number to 18 - the number necessary to provide navigation services over the entire Russian territory.
Ivanov said that the system would be available worldwide by 2010, for which it would need to have 24 satellites.
First they'll track dogs and then who knows what? Vehicles, people, weather, etc. Truly impressive. I wonder why no one else thought of this?
Rumour has it the first 1000 GLONASS customers will recieve a free hula hoop.
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