Putin's dog connected to the system GLONASS

On Friday, 17 October, the head of the Russian government Vladimir Putin gave dog collar with a navigator system, GLONASS, said Interfax. The Prime Minister put the collar on his Labrador Koni alias.
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Collar with navigator brought to the meeting by the Head of Government, Vice Premier Sergei Ivanov, who supervises the development of the GLONASS system. Ivanov recalled that even last summer, has promised to donate the collar for Kony. "For the sake of justice it must be said that he was ready for that. We just did not have the opportunity to meet with you and Kony and make the gift" - explained Vice-Premier Putin.

Reported that the collar with a navigator weighs 170 grams total.

According to General Director - General Designer RNII Space Devices Yuri Urlichich, who attended the meeting, the device is a module of the GLONASS-GPS. "This fee, which is inside. The rest of the weight - this is actually the battery" - explained the developer. According to him, such a device would fit dogs of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, who are looking for people in the rubble.

Sergei Ivanov, for his part noted that "know-how of this device is that" when a dog on the ground, not moving, let's lay down, sorry, in luzhu somewhere in the forest, then the battery is not working, that is occurs energy savings. " "But my dog does not pig, it luzhu not bear", - said Putin.

Developers instrument explained that the collar is a special motion sensor, which disables the navigation system to save energy. The Prime Minister showed how using the devices recorded a small dog walk on the lawn in front of the house. At Ivanov's comment that Kony caught in the collar, "sad", Putin said: "She likes. Hvostom beat, then - like".

The first Soviet satellite GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System) was launched in 1982. In 1993, the system was officially adopted into operation. In 1995, the satellite system consisted of 24 spacecraft. Now in orbit are 14 existing navigation satellites. It is expected that by the end of 2011, the number of orbital grouping will be increased to 30 spacecraft.