Photo: Joel Kowsky · 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 M039 1999-062A | Payload | 1411 × 1416 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M034 1999-062B | Payload | 1763 × 1785 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M029 1999-062C | Payload | 1679 × 1684 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M061 1999-062D | Payload | 1781 × 1792 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| SL-4 R/B(1) 1999-062E | Rocket body | re-entered 2000-03-20 | |
| SL-4 R/B(2) 1999-062F | Rocket body | re-entered 1999-11-24 |
COSPAR ID 1999-062. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).