Globalstar M056 - Norad ID: 25945
| Spacetrack Directory Name | GLOBALSTAR M056 |
| Alternative name | Globalstar M056 |
| 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 | 1659 km |
| Apogee | 1661 km |
GLOBALSTAR M056 is a communication satellite with the NORAD Catalog ID 25945 and OBJECT_ID 1999-058C. It was manufactured by LOR as part of the LS-400 configuration and launched on October 18, 1999, from TYMSC Launch Site, LC1 using a Soyuz-U-PVB launch vehicle. The satellite has dimensions of 1.5 meters in length, 0.6 meters in diameter, and spans 12 meters when its solar arrays are deployed. Its dry mass is 380 kilograms, with an initial launch mass of 450 kilograms. It was designed for a mission lifetime of 7.5 years and is owned by GLOBT, operating under the Globalstar FM56 payload for communication purposes. The satellites power system includes two deployable solar arrays and batteries. Its shape consists of a box with two panels, and it has a radar cross-section (RCS) of 2.3214 square meters.
satellite GLOBALSTAR M056 Date of exalting 18.10.1999y.