Globalstar · Communications
GLOBALSTAR M028
NonoperationalCommunicationsLEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 25, 1999 at 07:46 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7420-10C →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Globalstar 26,28,43,48
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,512 km
- Periapsis
- 1,412 km
- Inclination
- 51.96°
- Orbital period
- 115.14 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Globalstar
- Launch mass
- 700 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-041D
- NORAD catalog №
- 25875
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Globalstar- Constellation
- Globalstar
- Radar cross-section
- 2.4586 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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