According to Artemiev, which is reported by TASS, at the moment it is planned to launch six devices, and during the next extravehicular activity - four more.
However, the astronaut notes, experts are considering the possibility of launching 10 satellites at once in one spacewalk in order to “communicate” with each other.
Earlier, the head of the department for the use of GLONASS of the department of navigation space systems of Roscosmos, Ivan Revnivykh, in an interview with Vestnik GLONASS magazine, said that the first satellite of the GLONASS high-orbit complex was planned to be launched in 2028.