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SpaceX • Falcon 9 Block 5 • Space Launch Complex 40 (FL)
The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax services via its Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees. In early 2022, Globalstar contracted with MDA for the construction of 17 new 2nd generation refresh satellites to replenish the existing constellation. Rocket Lab is sub-contracted to build the satellites' buses and the launch dispensers.
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On Saturday, August 15 at 9:12 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the Globalstar 2-R Launch 1 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
This was the 14th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously supported SES O3b mPOWER-E, Crew-10, Bandwagon-3, SES O3b mPOWER-D, CRS-33, and eight Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax services via its Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees. In early 2022, Globalstar contracted with MDA for the construction of 17 new 2nd generation refresh satellites to replenish the existing constellation. Rocket Lab is sub-contracted to build the satellites' buses and the launch dispensers.
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The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax services via its Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees. In early 2022, Globalstar contracted with MDA for the construction of 17 new 2nd generation refresh satellites to replenish the existing constellation. Rocket Lab is sub-contracted to build the satellites' buses and the launch dispensers.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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Falcon 9 first stage B1090 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 40 after its 14th flight.
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28-37-23N/080-36-25W TO 28-46-02.5N/080-26-29.4W TO 28-42-22.2N/080-23-31.2W TO 28-41-00.2N/080-22-37.6W TO 28-32-00N/080-30-00W TO 28-31-19N/080-33-26W, THEN FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE BACK TO THE POINT OF ORIGIN. B. MARINERS ARE ADVISED THAT THE AREA ENCOMPASSED BY THIS ZONE IS CLOSED TO ALL VESSELS AND PERSONS EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMANDER, COAST GUARD DISTRICT SOUTHEAST OR THE CAPTAIN OF…
28-39-34N/080-38-05W TO 29-06-00N/080-08-00W TO 29-02-00N/080-02-00W TO 28-32-00N/080-28-00W TO 28-29-57N/080-32-47W TO BEGINNING 2. HAZARD PERIODS FOR PRIMARY LAUNCH DAY AND BACKUP LAUNCH DAYS (ALL TIMES ARE REPRESENTED AS ZULU TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED): 16/0102 AUG 26 TO 16/0220 AUG 26. 17/0045 AUG 26 TO 17/0203 AUG 26. 18/0031 AUG 26 TO 18/0149 AUG 26. 19/0014 AUG 26 TO 19/0132 AUG 26.…
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