Roscosmos head speaks of plans to expand network of ground GLONASS stations in Africa

MOSCOW. Oct 28 (Interfax) - Roscosmos plans to expand the network of ground stations of the navigation satellite system GLONASS in Africa to increase the precision of the group, Roscosmos General Director Dmitry Bakanov said.

"It is planned, yes. We are selecting separate points. Our task is to increase precision, it is being done, among other things, with ground stations," Bakanov told reporters on Wednesday, responding to a question as to whether it is planned to expand the network of GLONASS ground stations.

The Russian GLONASS ground station on the African continent is located in South Africa.