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.
A Russian orbital launch vehicle. A version of the Soyuz-U with safety modifications to prevent and resist fires in all stages and the upper stage avionics compartment.
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Mission Profile
Globalstar 23,36,38,40 was a Soyuz-U-PVB mission operated by Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) that lifted off from 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan on February 9, 1999. The flight carried its payload on a communications mission to Low Earth Orbit. The launch was a success.