Globalstar 5, 7, 9 to 13, 16 to 18, 20, 21
Zenit-2 11K77.05
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Mission
Globalstar 5, 7, 9 to 13, 16 to 18, 20, 21
Type: Communications
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.
Location
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
1536 rockets have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Rocket
Zenit-2 11K77.05 – Yuzhnoye Design Bureau
Family: Zenith
Length: 57 m
Diameter: 3.9 m
Launch Mass: 459 T
The Zenit-2 11K77.05 was manufactured by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau with the first launch on 1998-09-09. Zenit-2 11K77.05 has 0 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 1 launches. Zenit is a family of space launch vehicles designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnipro, Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union.
Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Type: Government
Abbreviation: RFSA
Administration: Administrator: Yuri Borisov
Founded: 1992
Launchers: Soyuz
Spacecraft: Soyuz
Country: RUS
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
