Globalstar 33,50,55,58

Carried four Globalstar mobile-communications satellites into low Earth orbit from Baikonur, the first mission flown by the newly formed Starsem joint venture using a Soyuz-U with a restartable Ikar upper stage.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.8 T

Flight

50th

of 70 Soyuz-U-PVB flights

Date and time

22 September 1999, 14:33 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz-U-PVB

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Communications

International designator

1999-049

Launches in 1999

51st of 78

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