Putins Dog gets Sat-Nav System

Every dog has its day, it is said. And when it comes to Russian Prime
Minister Vladimir Putins pet dog, now the adage assumes greater significance.
The black Labrador has the distinction of being the first dog in the country to
have a collar with a satellite-guided positioning equipment.

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Though global positioning system is not a new technology, and it is available
around the world through the US Global Positioning System, Russia wanted its own
system, and the latest collar fitted with the system is part of that mission.

In December 2007, during a discussion about the countrys plan to launch new
navigation satellites, Putin, then the president, had asked his deputy to get a
satellite navigation dog collar to keep track of his pet Connie.

When can I get a system for my dog so she cant go too far astray? Putin is
said to have asked Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov. And now it has become a
reality as the collar was slipped on Friday around the neck of his pet dog.
Putin says Connie liked the new device around its neck.

After installing the color, Putins deputy Ivanov briefed him about the
progress of the Global Navigation Satellite System. Ivanov said that the
equipment goes on standby mode when the dog doesnt move, if it, say, lies down
in a puddle.

Though the GLONASS navigation system was supposed to be fully operational
earlier this year, it got delayed due to many technical snags. Russia is
planning to have more than twenty satellites for this purpose so that the
navigation service would be available to everybody in the Russian territory.

According to Ivanov the global positioning system would be available
worldwide by the end of 2009.

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