Key statistics
Satellite GLOBALSTAR M049 at a glance.
Uptime
9524
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 11.1
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
52.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for GLOBALSTAR M049.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GLOBALSTAR M049
International designator: 1999-031B
Object number (NORAD): 25771
Object ID (CCSDS): 25771
Country: GLOBALSTAR (GLOB)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 129.483 minutes
Inclination: 51.9846 deg
SMA: 8478.158 km
Apoapsis: 2102.624 km
Periapsis: 2097.422 km
RAAN: 149.4653 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0003068
Argument of periapsis: 32.6593 deg
Mean anomaly: 327.4392 deg
Mean motion: 11.1211711 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000058 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00023846 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GLOBALSTAR M049
TLE line 1: 1 25771U 99031B 25187.85326175 -.00000058 00000-0 23846-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 25771 51.9846 149.4653 0003068 32.6593 327.4392 11.12117110119618
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GLOBALSTAR M049.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
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.
GLOBALSTAR M049 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Delta 7420-10C | Globalstar 25,47,49,52’, on board a Delta 7420-10C space rocket.
The launch took place on June 10, 1999, 1:48 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 17B.
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Delta 7420-10C | Globalstar 25,47,49,52
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 10, 1999, 1:48 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Delta 7420-10C
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 17B
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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