Globalstar · Communications
GLOBALSTAR M048
NonoperationalCommunicationsMEO
GLOBALSTAR M048 is a Globalstar communications satellite, part of the Globalstar constellation, launched on July 25, 1999 into MEO.
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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
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 2,002 km
- Periapsis
- 1,981 km
- Inclination
- 51.93°
- Orbital period
- 127 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Globalstar
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 715 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Detailed purpose
- Satellite phone & data
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-041A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25872
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Globalstar- Constellation
- Globalstar
- Radar cross-section
- 2.3241 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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