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GLOBALSTAR M078
Mobile Satellite Communications · Globalstar
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Part of Globalstar's mobile satellite constellation, relaying Apple's iPhone Emergency SOS messages alongside legacy satellite phone and asset tracking customers. The network's ground station infrastructure was substantially upgraded with Apple's $450 million investment, including new facilities in Nevada and Hawaii built specifically to support iPhone connectivity.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 882–884 mi (1,420–1,422 km)
- Inclination
- 52.0°
- One orbit
- 114.1 minutes12.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 39076
- Int’l designator
- 2013-005E
- Launched
- 2013
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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