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Launch Failure
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
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.
Details
Type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Wed, Sep 9, 1998, 20:29
Weather
Pro