Three Glonass Satellites make a wrong turn...

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jaro

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Just in case you haven't heard.

I tried making a link but I done went and forgot how.

google gps world glonass crash

Or better yet, someone make a link for me.+o(

Thanks,
James

Posted : July 2, 2013 4:45 am

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i thought it was going to be 'a glonass a compass and a galileo walk into a pub...'

ROCKET CRASH

Posted : July 2, 2013 4:53 am

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... And the Glonass says "A round of Vodka for my friends, I feel like this is going to be a smashing day!"

Posted : July 2, 2013 4:58 am

Moe Shetty

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and the bartender said' no drinks for you three, there's too much multipath in here'

Posted : July 2, 2013 5:45 am

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Link to youtube video (no sound, it seems):

If you've got some time, here's a link to a very interesting forum conversation (14 pages long at this writing) leading up to and following the failure. Failure occurs on page 6:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=9773b1532446458a8806befbe0c7b89b&topic=31191.15

But it's not all bad news for GNSS launches yesterday! Here's a link to a video of the (spoiler: successful) launch of the first of seven India Regional Navigation Satellite Systems (IRNSS):