Globalstar · Communications
GLOBALSTAR M037
NonoperationalCommunicationsLEO
GLOBALSTAR M037 is a Globalstar communications satellite, part of the Globalstar constellation, launched on March 15, 1999 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 15, 1999 at 03:06 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz-U-PVB →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Mission
- Globalstar 22,37,41,46
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,414 km
- Periapsis
- 1,411 km
- Inclination
- 52°
- Orbital period
- 114.06 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Globalstar
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 715 kg
- Dry mass
- 350 kg
- Power
- 1,500 W
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Detailed purpose
- Satellite phone & data
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-012D
- NORAD catalog №
- 25652
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Globalstar- Constellation
- Globalstar
- Radar cross-section
- 2.0013 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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