LAUNCH MISSION

RFSA Zenit-2 11K77.05 Globalstar 5, 7, 9 to 13, 16 to 18, 20, 21

Name: RFSA Zenit-2 11K77.05 Globalstar 5, 7, 9 to 13, 16 to 18, 20, 21
Start: 1998-09-09T20:29:00.000Z
Location: 45/1

Status

Failure

DATE

9 SEP 1998

LAUNCH PROVIDER

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Launch Pad

45/1

Description

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.

Zenit-2 11K77.05

Rocket Description

Zenit is a family of space launch vehicles designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnipro, Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union.

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