Communications
GLOBALSTAR M096
OperationalCommunicationsLEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 6, 2013 at 04:04 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M →
- Operator
- Starsem SA
- Mission
- 6 x Globalstar-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,414 km
- Periapsis
- 1,414 km
- Inclination
- 52.01°
- Orbital period
- 114.08 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Globalstar
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 700 kg
- Power
- 1,700 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-005D
- NORAD catalog №
- 39075
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Globalstar- Radar cross-section
- 4.5814 m²
- Status
- Operational