Soyuz Lifts off with 6 Globalstar Satellites
After a 24 hour delay to allow high level winds at the Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan to subside, a Soyuz 2-1a rocket blasted off into the night sky at 16:24 UTC carrying the final 6 satellites of Globalstar’s second generation, 24 bird constellation. After separation from the third stage, the restartable Fregat upperstage will deliver the satellites to a circularized 52 degree orbit where they […]
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