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.

Mission type: Communications · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Rocket: Soyuz-U-PVB · Provider: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)