GLOBALSTAR M078

NORAD 39076· COSPAR 2013-005E· Active satellite· Communications· LEO

Launch

Launched on Feb 6, 2013 from 31/6, Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M.

Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | 6 x Globalstar-2 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 07:05 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

Globalstar

Country

Globalstar

Manufacturer

Thales Alenia Space

Launched

Feb 6, 2013

Mass

—

Apogee

1,422 km

Perigee

1,420 km

Inclination

51.99°

Period

1.90 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GLOBALSTAR M078 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.0 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

1420 × 1422 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

5 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2013-005 (Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | 6 x Globalstar-2).

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