Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Communications · LEO
The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax via a constellation of 48 minisatellites. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees, and will also have 8 spares. The satellites were built by Space Systems Loral and…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLOBALSTAR M001 1998-008A | Payload | 1513 × 1515 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M004 1998-008B | Payload | 1407 × 1411 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M002 1998-008C | Payload | 1857 × 1859 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M003 1998-008D | Payload | 1621 × 1634 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| DELTA 2 R/B 1998-008E | Rocket body | re-entered 1999-03-16 | |
| GLOBALSTAR DEB 1998-008F | Debris | re-entered 1998-06-30 | |
| GLOBALSTAR M004 DEB 1998-008G | Debris | 1303 × 1388 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M004 DEB 1998-008H | Debris | 1351 × 1486 km · 52.0° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 1998-008. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).