Arianespace will launch Globalstar’s 24-unit second- generation c...
Arianespace will launch Globalstar’s 24-unit second- generation constellation beginning summer 2009, the companies said. Arianespace is providing Globalstar “the flexibility to accommodate both our launch budget and the accelerated delivery and deployment of the new satellites,” Globalstar CEO Jay…
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Monroe said. Four launches are planned. Each time, the Soyuz will launch six Globalstar satellites into circular orbit, said Arianespace. Work at the Guiana Space Center Soyuz launch complex are expected to be done before the 2009 scheduled launch, but if not Globalstar has arranged to launch the constellation from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, it said. Thales Alenia Space has completed the preliminary design of the new constellation, Globalstar said.