United States Air Force
Globalstar 24,27,53,54
Delta II 7420-10C
SUCCESS
Success
Tuesday, August 17, 1999 · 04:37 UTC
Mission
/01The 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
/02Rocket
Delta II 7420-10C
Variant: 7420-10C
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.446° N, 80.566° W
113
Pad Launches
569
Location Launches
1017
Agency Launches
45
Orbital This Year