Soyuz-U-PVB | Globalstar 31,56,57,59

Name: Soyuz-U-PVB | Globalstar 31,56,57,59
Start: 1999-10-18T13:32:00Z
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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 Details

Launch date: October 18, 1999 at 01:32 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Soyuz-U-PVB
Operator: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission type: Communications