Delta 7420-10C
SuccessGlobalstar 1 to 4 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Saturday, Feb 14, 1998, 14:34 UTC
Launch window
Saturday, Feb 14, 1998, 14:34 UTC – Saturday, Feb 14, 1998, 14:34 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Globalstar 1 to 4
Type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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.
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