Globalstar 31,56,57,59

Soyuz-U-PVB launched a batch of Globalstar mobile-communications satellites, including Globalstar M059, from Baikonur as part of Starsem's 1999 Soyuz/Ikar deployment campaign for the Globalstar constellation.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.8 T

Flight

52nd

of 70 Soyuz-U-PVB flights

Date and time

18 October 1999, 13:32 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz-U-PVB

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Communications

International designator

1999-058

Launches in 1999

60th of 78

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