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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 M022 1999-012A | Payload | 1667 × 1672 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M041 1999-012B | Payload | 1694 × 1697 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M046 1999-012C | Payload | 1637 × 1640 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M037 1999-012D | Payload | 1411 × 1414 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| SL-4 R/B(1) 1999-012E | Rocket body | re-entered 1999-09-10 | |
| SL-4 R/B(2) 1999-012F | Rocket body | re-entered 1999-03-16 |
COSPAR ID 1999-012. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).
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