Its old news. Its called GLONASS(acronym for Globalnaya navigatsionnaya sputnikovaya sistema) The satellite programs began in 1975 and the constellation ended in 1995. They have a new generation of GLONASS-K that rivals GPS even though it still has problems finding a steady market.GLONASS-K is a substantial improvement of the previous generation: it is the first unpressurised GLONASS satellite with a much reduced mass