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GLOBALSTAR M050

NORAD 25908 · Payload · In orbit since 1999

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Launched
1999-09-22 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Country / operator
GLOB (Other / intl)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
450 kg
Size
1.5 × 0.6 m · 12 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
1,640 × 1,655 km
Inclination
52.0°
Period
119.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0009
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.