Delta 7420-10C
SuccessGlobalstar 25,47,49,52 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Thursday, Jun 10, 1999, 13:48 UTC
Launch window
Thursday, Jun 10, 1999, 13:48 UTC – Thursday, Jun 10, 1999, 13:48 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Globalstar 25,47,49,52
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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