United States Air Force

Globalstar 25,47,49,52

Delta II 7420-10C

SUCCESS
Success

Thursday, June 10, 1999 · 13:48 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 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.446° N, 80.566° W

111

Pad Launches

565

Location Launches

1012

Agency Launches

32

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