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GLOBALSTAR M085
Mobile Satellite Communications · Globalstar
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One of Globalstar's second-generation satellites, launched by Thales Alenia Space in the early 2010s. Following Amazon's April 2026 agreement to acquire Globalstar and its spectrum licenses, satellites like this one will eventually be succeeded by new spacecraft built by MDA Space as part of the expanding Amazon Leo network.
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
- 37742
- Int’l designator
- 2011-033D
- Launched
- 2011
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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