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On Christmas Day, Russia set off some fireworks of its own, launching the final three satellites needed to complete its GLONASS system, a military-run digital mapping and navigation system set to compete with the Global Positioning System (GPS) developed by the United States. The GLONASS system currently covers all of Russia—a feat unto itself, considering the nation’s sheer size—and is expected to offer worldwide coverage once all 24 satellites are operational in 2009.
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