Communications
GLOBALSTAR M087
Mobile Satellite Communications (Apple Emergency SOS Network) · Globalstar
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Globalstar M087, one of the company's second-generation satellites now carrying critical infrastructure load for Apple's iPhone Emergency SOS via satellite feature. Globalstar reserves 85% of its total network capacity for this single Apple partnership, which transformed a company that had twice nearly gone bankrupt into essential global consumer safety infrastructure. In April 2026, Amazon announced an agreement to acquire Globalstar entirely, folding its satellites and spectrum into the Amazon Leo broadband network.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 883 mi (1,421–1,422 km)
- Inclination
- 52.0°
- One orbit
- 114.1 minutes12.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 52888
- Int’l designator
- 2022-064A
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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