Globalstar M025 - Norad ID: 25770
| Spacetrack Directory Name | GLOBALSTAR M025 |
| Alternative name | Globalstar M025 |
| Group | GLOBALSTAR |
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| Country/organisation of origin | Globalstar (GLOB) |
| Starting point | AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA) |
| Type | Satellite |
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| Perigee | 2046 km |
| Apogee | 2049 km |
GLOBALSTAR M025, also known as Globalstar M025, is a communication satellite owned by GLOBT and manufactured by LOR. Launched on June 10, 1999, from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR) using a Delta 7420-10C launch vehicle from SLC17B, this satellite weighs 450 kg at launch with a dry mass of 380 kg. It measures 1.5 meters in length and has a diameter of 0.6 meters, with a span of 12 meters due to its deployable solar arrays. The spacecraft is equipped for communication purposes and powered by two deployable solar arrays along with batteries. Its mission lifetime is expected to be around 7.5 years. The satellites shape is described as a box with two panels and it has a radar cross-section (RCS) of 2.3361 square meters.
satellite GLOBALSTAR M025 Date of exalting 10.06.1999y.