Engineer Veleseichik supervises the electric testing of the GLONASS-K new generation space navigation...
Engineer Yelena Veleseichik supervises the electric testing of the GLONASS-K new generation space navigation satellite of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company in the Siberian town of Zheleznogorsk, 50 km (31 miles) northeast of Krasnoyarsk, April 8, 2013. The Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) is a Russian satellite navigation system similar to the GPS of the U.S., designed to serve for military and civil purposes. A new generation of GLONASS-K satellites will replace GLONASS-M type satellites currently in use. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)