GLOBALSTAR M034

Additional information GLOBALSTAR M034

GLOBALSTAR M034, also known as Globalstar M034, is a communication satellite with the NORAD catalog ID 25962 and object identifier 1999-062B. Launched on November 22, 1999, from TYMSC LC1 using a Soyuz-U-PVB launch vehicle, this satellite was manufactured by LOR for GLOBT (Globalstar). It is part of the LS-400 bus and configuration series with dimensions of 1.5 meters in length, 0.6 meters in diameter, and has a span of 12 meters when its solar arrays are deployed. The spacecraft has a dry mass of 380 kg and a launch mass of 450 kg. Its mission involves communication purposes powered by two deployable solar arrays and batteries. Equipped with an LS-400 AOCS motor, the satellites shape is described as box-shaped with two panels, and its radar cross-section (RCS) is measured at 2.3174 square meters. The estimated operational lifetime of GLOBALSTAR M034 is 7.5 years.