Globalstar · Communications
GLOBALSTAR M059
NonoperationalCommunicationsLEO
GLOBALSTAR M059 is a Globalstar communications satellite, part of the Globalstar constellation, launched on October 18, 1999 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 18, 1999 at 01:32 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz-U-PVB →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Mission
- Globalstar 31,56,57,59
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,681 km
- Periapsis
- 1,680 km
- Inclination
- 52°
- Orbital period
- 120 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Globalstar
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 715 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Detailed purpose
- Satellite phone & data
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-058B
- NORAD catalog №
- 25944
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Globalstar- Constellation
- Globalstar
- Radar cross-section
- 2.4682 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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