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Four Globalstar satellites put into orbit by Russian rocket

File image of a Soyuz launch.
by Staff Writers
Paris (AFP) Oct 21, 2007
Four Globalstar telecommunications satellites blasted off Sunday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan atop a Russian Soyuz rocket and were successfully placed into orbit, an Arianespace spokesman said.

The first generation of these satellites were launched in 1999 by Starsem, the Russian-European subsidiary of Arianespace from Baikonur. Four more satellites were put in orbit in May this year.

Globalstar, based in California, provides communication services to businesses, government agencies and individuals.

A second constellation of 24 telecommunications satellites is expected to go into orbit starting in 2009, using Russian Soyuz rockets but launched from a South American space center in French Guiana.

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Starsem To Loft Four New Globalstars October 25 Aboard Soyuz Carrier Rocket
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 03, 2007
Russia is preparing to launch four U.S. Globalstar satellites into orbit on board a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on October 25, the space agency said Thursday.







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