Globalstar 1 to 4 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
14 Feb 1998, 2:34pm
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Globalstar 1 to 4
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC
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