Editing GLONASS (section)

=== Ground control ===
[[File:GLONASS GroundSegment.jpg|thumb|290px|right|A map depicting ground control stations]]

The ground control segment of GLONASS is almost entirely located within former Soviet Union territory, except for several in Brazil and one in Nicaragua.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/western-intelligence-fears-new-russian-sat-nav-espionage-capabilities/ |title=Western Intelligence Fears New Russian Sat-Nav's Espionage Capabilities |date=12 July 2021 |work=New Lines Magazine |first1=Holger |last1=Roonemaa |first2=Michael |last2=Weiss |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526011659/https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/western-intelligence-fears-new-russian-sat-nav-espionage-capabilities/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/world/europe/a-russian-gps-using-us-soil-stirs-spy-fears.html |title=A Russian GPS Using U.S. Soil Stirs Spy Fears |date=16 November 2013 |work=[[The New York Times]] |first1=Michael |last1=Schmidt |first2=Eric |last2=Schmitt |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619183130/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/world/europe/a-russian-gps-using-us-soil-stirs-spy-fears.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/the-soviet-union-fought-the-cold-war-in-nicaragua-now-putins-russia-is-back/2017/04/08/b43039b0-0d8b-11e7-aa57-2ca1b05c41b8_story.html |title=The Soviet Union fought the Cold War in Nicaragua. Now Putin's Russia is back. |date=8 April 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |last=Partlow |first=Joshua |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410080203/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/the-soviet-union-fought-the-cold-war-in-nicaragua-now-putins-russia-is-back/2017/04/08/b43039b0-0d8b-11e7-aa57-2ca1b05c41b8_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unav.edu/web/global-affairs/detalle/-/blogs/a-special-russian-installation-in-nicaragua |title=A 'special' Russian installation in Nicaragua |access-date=18 June 2022 |work=[[University of Navarra]] |first=Hodek |last=Jakub |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707003154/https://www.unav.edu/web/global-affairs/detalle/-/blogs/a-special-russian-installation-in-nicaragua |url-status=live }}</ref>

The GLONASS ground segment consists of:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navipedia.net/index.php/GLONASS_Ground_Segment|title=GLONASS Ground Segment|website=navipedia.net|access-date=22 January 2017|archive-date=16 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616145904/http://navipedia.net/index.php/GLONASS_Ground_Segment|url-status=live}}</ref>

* a system control centre;
* five Telemetry, Tracking and Command centers;
* two Laser Ranging Stations;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/lw15/docs/papers/Russian%20Laser%20Tracking%20Network.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404085613/http://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/lw15/docs/papers/Russian%20Laser%20Tracking%20Network.pdf |archive-date=2009-04-04 |url-status=live|title=Russian Laser Tracking Network}}</ref> and
* ten Monitoring and Measuring Stations.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/publications/icg_ebook.pdf| title = Current and planned global and regional navigation satellite systems and satellite-based augmentation systems| access-date = 22 January 2017| archive-date = 2 October 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121002214143/http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/publications/icg_ebook.pdf| url-status = live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Location !! scope="col" | System control !! scope="col" | Telemetry, Tracking and Command !! scope="col" | Central clock !! scope="col" | Upload stations !! scope="col" | Laser Ranging !! scope="col" | Monitoring and Measuring
|-
! scope="row" | [[Krasnoznamensk, Moscow Oblast|Krasnoznamensk]] || {{yes}} || - || - || - || - || {{yes}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Schelkovo]] || - || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Komsomolsk-on-Amur|Komsomolsk]] || - || {{yes}} || - || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Saint Petersburg]] || - || {{yes}} || - || - || - || -
|-
! scope="row" | [[Ussuriysk]] || - || {{yes}} || - || - || - || -
|-
! scope="row" | [[Yeniseysk]] || - || {{yes}} || - || {{yes}} || - || {{yes}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Yakutsk]] || - || - || - || - || - || {{yes}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Ulan-Ude]] || - || - || - || - || - || {{yes}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Nurak|Nurek]] || - || - || - || - || - || {{yes}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Vorkuta]] || - || - || - || - || - || {{yes}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Murmansk]] || - || - || - || - || - || {{yes}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Zelenchukskaya|Zelenchuk]] || - || - || - || - || - || {{yes}}
|}