Globalstar · Communications
GLOBALSTAR M052
NonoperationalCommunicationsMEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 10, 1999 at 01:48 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7420-10C →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Globalstar 25,47,49,52
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 2,087 km
- Periapsis
- 2,083 km
- Inclination
- 51.98°
- Orbital period
- 129.14 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Globalstar
- Launch mass
- 700 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-031D
- NORAD catalog №
- 25773
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Globalstar- Constellation
- Globalstar
- Radar cross-section
- 2.2155 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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