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GLOBALSTAR M095
Mobile Satellite Communications · Globalstar
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One of Globalstar's 24 second-generation satellites, launched by Thales Alenia Space and now supporting a network whose most consequential customer is a smartphone company that didn't exist as a satellite partner when the constellation was designed. Amazon's 2026 acquisition of Globalstar marks the next chapter for satellites like this one.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 883 mi (1,420–1,422 km)
- Inclination
- 52.0°
- One orbit
- 114.1 minutes12.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 39077
- Int’l designator
- 2013-005F
- Launched
- 2013
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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