United States Air Force

Globalstar 6, 8, 14, 15

Delta II 7420-10C

SUCCESS
Success

Friday, April 24, 1998 · 22:38 UTC

Mission

/01

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 Alenia Aerospazio in Rome, Italy.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Delta II 7420-10C

Variant: 7420-10C

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.447° N, 80.565° W

117

Pad Launches

546

Location Launches

992

Agency Launches

24

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