Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Globalstar 29,34,39,61
Soyuz-U-PVB
SUCCESS
Success
Monday, November 22, 1999 · 16:20 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
Soyuz-U-PVB
Variant: U-PVB
Launch Pad
1/5
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
45.920° N, 63.342° E
360
Pad Launches
1139
Location Launches
94
Agency Launches
66
Orbital This Year