Globalstar M045 - Norad ID: 25676
| Spacetrack Directory Name | GLOBALSTAR M045 |
| Alternative name | Globalstar M045 |
| Group | GLOBALSTAR |
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| Country/organisation of origin | Globalstar (GLOB) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| Type | Satellite |
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| Perigee | 1561 km |
| Apogee | 1563 km |
GLOBALSTAR M045 is a communication satellite, also known as Globalstar FM45, manufactured by LOR and operated by GLOBT. It was launched on April 15, 1999, from the TYMSC launch site using a Soyuz-U-PVB vehicle from LC1 pad. The satellite has dimensions of 1.5 meters in length, 0.6 meters in diameter, and a span of 12 meters with its solar arrays deployed. Its dry mass is 380 kg, and it had a launch mass of 450 kg. The spacecrafts power system consists of two deployable solar arrays and batteries. It has an operational lifetime of approximately 7.5 years and uses the LS-400 AOCS motor for attitude control. The satellites shape is described as Box + 2 Pan, and it was designed for communication purposes, though specific equipment details are not provided in the dataset.
satellite GLOBALSTAR M045 Date of exalting 15.04.1999y.