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GLOBALSTAR M079
Mobile Satellite Communications · Globalstar
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Part of Globalstar's 52°-inclined second-generation constellation, contributing L and S-band relay capacity that in 2022 became the invisible infrastructure behind one of the most consequential consumer safety features Apple has ever shipped — the ability for any iPhone 14 or later to text emergency services from literally anywhere on the surface of the Earth.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 883 mi (1,421 km)
- Inclination
- 52.0°
- One orbit
- 114.1 minutes12.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 37188
- Int’l designator
- 2010-054A
- Launched
- 2010
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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