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About this launch
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…
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Launch window and padBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Rocket and boosterSoyuz-U-PVB
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-U-PVB
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MissionCommunications · LEO
Communications · LEO
What it put in orbit6 catalogued objects, 4 of them satellites
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLOBALSTAR M045 1999-019A | Payload | 1562 × 1562 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M019 1999-019B | Payload | 1619 × 1620 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M044 1999-019C | Payload | 1721 × 1729 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M042 1999-019D | Payload | 1582 × 1585 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| SL-4 R/B(1) 1999-019E | Rocket body | re-entered 1999-10-14 | |
| SL-4 R/B(2) 1999-019F | Rocket body | re-entered 1999-04-16 |
COSPAR ID 1999-019. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).
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