LAUNCH CENTER
Failure
Wed Sep 09 1998
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Globalstar 5, 7, 9 to 13, 16 to 18, 20, 21
Launch Failure
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Zenit-2 11K77.05Description:
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.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Pad
45/1