Successful launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket

Russia launched successfully in early Monday Soyuz rocket into outer space from the base of Plesetsk (800 km north of Moscow) and on-board satellite GLONASS formula to determine the geographical locations, within the Russian plan to compete with the Global Positioning System "GPS" developed by the United States for use in military and civilian fields.
It is the first launch of a Soyuz rocket since the crash of a Russian space cargo ship in Siberia on August 24 / August with the launch towards the International Space Station.
The launch of this missile was originally scheduled for late August / August but was postponed several times after the crash of the Russian cargo ship Progress M-12 M, which was carrying tons of equipment and food to the International Space Station.
Ship and crashed about 325 seconds of taking off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakh because of a malfunction in the engine.
The flights rocket Soyuz vital in the field of space transportation, particularly for the United States which was registered in July last last shuttle flight he told Space Administration (NASA) and have come to rely on transfers to space on Russian rockets waiting to enter the spacecraft of the new U.S. service is What is not expected before 2015 at the earliest.
And made Russia GLONASS system to rival GPS Mnzawmte U.S. and the European Galileo, and the latter has not entered into service after several failures due to a collision.
In December / January 2010 Russia launched three GLONASS satellites on board a Proton rocket and they all fell in the Pacific Ocean after a failed process and placed in orbit because of overloaded and in rocket fuel, has resulted in this incident to delay the entry system GLONASS service.
The GLONASS satellites have cost only 4.3 billion Russian rubles ($ 152.2 million).
It is planned to send four GLONASS satellites into space by the end of the year, as announced today, designed the project Nikolai Tistoaidov, as quoted by the Interfax news agency.