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March 01, 2013

Globalstar Announces Fourth Launch of Six Second-Generation Satellites
Covington LA (SPX) Mar 01, 2013
Globalstar has reported that six new second-generation Globalstar satellites were successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Globalstar satellites lifted off aboard the Soyuz launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage at 10:04 p.m. local Baikonur time (16:04 p.m. UTC and 11:04 a.m. EST) on Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Launch services provider Arianespace confirmed that the upper stage accurately injected the six second-generation satellites into their targeted low ... read more

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