6 x Globalstar-2

Third sextet of Globalstar-2 second-generation mobile communications satellites launched from Baikonur for Globalstar's voice and data network, following prior six-satellite batches in 2010 and mid-2011. It was Russia's final orbital launch of 2011.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

4.3 T

Flight

5th

of 20 Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M flights

Date and time

28 December 2011, 17:09 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Communications

International designator

2011-080

Launches in 2011

84th of 84

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