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Zenit-2 11K77.05 | Globalstar 5, 7, 9 to 13, 16 to 18, 20, 21
Zenit-2 11K77.05
Sep 9, 1998, 8:29 PM UTC
Sep 9, 1998, 8:29 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
- 45/1
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- 🇰🇿 KAZ
Weather at Launch
- Temp
- 15.4°C
- Wind
- 13 km/h @ 112°
- Sky
- Overcast
- Source
- open-meteo-archive