Russia and China approved a roadmap for satellite navigation

Roscosmos and the Commission on the Chinese satellite navigation system have approved a roadmap for cooperation in the field of satellite navigation for 2021-2025. This was announced on Tuesday in Roscosmos.

“The document was signed by the Director General of the state corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin and the head of the commission He Yubin,” the website says. Roskosmos.

It is noted that the roadmap includes plans for the integrated and innovative development of the GLONASS and Beidou systems, increasing their compatibility and complementarity, and mutual placement of ground-based measuring stations in the territories of China and Russia.
< br> The state corporation clarified that the document contains plans for monitoring and evaluating the characteristics of global navigation satellite systems, as well as for the joint use of navigation technologies in the interests of the socio-economic development of Russia and China.

Roscosmos emphasized that the signed document is of great importance for the development of Russian-Chinese cooperation in satellite navigation, as well as for the promotion of GLONASS technology in the international market.