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 M057 1999-058A | Payload | 1570 × 1573 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M059 1999-058B | Payload | 1681 × 1681 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M056 1999-058C | Payload | 1659 × 1660 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M031 1999-058D | Payload | 1608 × 1612 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| SL-4 R/B(1) 1999-058E | Rocket body | re-entered 2000-03-04 | |
| SL-4 R/B(2) 1999-058F | Rocket body | re-entered 1999-10-20 |
COSPAR ID 1999-058. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).