USAF Delta II 7420-10C Globalstar 24,27,53,54 24275354
Delta II 7420-10C
Status
Success
Date
17 AUG 1999
04:37
Launch Provider
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Delta II 7420-10C
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
Delta II was an expendable launch system, originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas. Delta II was part of the Delta rocket family and entered service in 1989. Delta II vehicles included the Delta 6000, and the two later Delta 7000 variants ("Light" and "Heavy"). The rocket flew its final mission ICESat-2 on 15 September 2018, earning the launch vehicle a streak of 100 successful missions in a row, with the last failure being GPS IIR-1 in 1997.
Height
39 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Launch Mass
170 T
Thrust
3,020 kN