flown missionFailure
Zenit-2 11K77.05 | Globalstar 5, 7, 9 to 13, 16 to 18, 20, 21
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)45/1 — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- Globalstar 5, 7, 9 to 13, 16 to 18, 20, 21
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Zenit-2 11K77.05
- Family
- Zenith
- Variant
- 2 11K77.05
- Provider
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 45/1
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 45.9435, 63.6530