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GLOBALSTAR M093
Mobile Satellite Communications · Globalstar
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One of Globalstar's second-generation satellites, launched as part of a 24-satellite constellation replacement program that saved the company from the near-total failure of its original 1990s fleet. Its ongoing operation now underpins one of the most consequential consumer safety features ever shipped inside a smartphone.
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
- 39073
- Int’l designator
- 2013-005B
- Launched
- 2013
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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