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 M058 1999-049A | Payload | 1709 × 1713 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M050 1999-049B | Payload | 1641 × 1654 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M033 1999-049C | Payload | 1580 × 1602 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| GLOBALSTAR M055 1999-049D | Payload | 1546 × 1558 km · 52.0° | Globe |
| SL-4 R/B(1) 1999-049E | Rocket body | re-entered 2000-02-17 | |
| SL-4 R/B(2) 1999-049F | Rocket body | re-entered 1999-09-24 |
COSPAR ID 1999-049. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).