Soyuz-U-PVB | Globalstar 31,56,57,59

Soyuz-U-PVB

Oct 18, 1:32 PM UTC

Mission Elapsed Time

T-00:00:00

Mission Details

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.

Type: Communications
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

Pad: 1/5
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Country: 🇰🇿 KAZ