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of Indian booster rockets, and to create new-generation navigation satellites.In December 2005, President Vladimir Putin ordered that the system be ready by 2008, and Ivanov said Glonass would be available to domestic users for military as well civilian purposes by the end of 2007.
Perminov said earlier that Russia is also in talks with the United States and the European Space Agency to prepare agreements on the use of Glonass jointly with the GPS and Galileo satellite navigation systems.
The agency plans to have 18 satellites in orbit by late 2007 or early 2008, and a full orbital group of 24 satellites by the end of 2009, he said.
Ivanov, who is also a deputy prime minister, said late last year that Russia will lift all precision restrictions on Glonass beginning in 2007, which will enable accurate and unlimited commercial use of the military-controlled global positioning system.
Current restrictions limit the accuracy for civilian users
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