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GLOBALSTAR M043, 25874

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GLOBALSTAR M043, 25874 is a payload satellite owned by Globalstar (US) in LEO that was launched on Sun, 25 Jul 1999 UTC via a DELTA 7420-10C launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

25874, 1999-041C

Orbit

LEO

Country

Unknown / GLOB

Related business

Globalstar Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LS-400, LS-400 AOCS

Mass

450 kg wet, 380 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1999-07-25 (27 years ago)

Launch vehicle

DELTA 7420-10C

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 6.0 m

Radar Cross Section

5.587 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 11 hours ago

TLE from 11 hours ago

0 GLOBALSTAR M043
1 25874U 99041C   26036.11833068 -.00000041  00000-0  82112-3 0  9999
2 25874  51.9377 259.9388 0013591 353.0093 176.2572 11.25697727149108

Epoch: 2026-02-05T02:50Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-05T02:50:23.770Z)

Latitude

8.40374°

Longitude

-104.54758°

Altitude

2,043.037 km

Speed

6.878 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 53m 18s

True Declination

8° 21' 42"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

15:32:56

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

2,043.498 km

Perigee altitude

2,020.637 km

Semi-major axis

8,410.204 km

Eccentricity

0.00136

Inclination

51.9377°

RAAN

259.9388°

Arg. of periapsis

353.0093°

True anomaly

176.26735°

Mean anomaly

176.2572°

Eccentric anomaly

176.26228°

Mean motion

2.81406 °/min

Orbital period

127.93 mins

BSTAR

0.00082112

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Other satellites on launch #41 in the year 1999 (1999-07-25 UTC)

GLOBALSTAR M028, 25875

GLOBALSTAR M048, 25872

GLOBALSTAR M026, 25873

DELTA 2 R/B, 25876

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GLOBALSTAR M043 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
11 mins	2026-02-05 14:43:33.370Z	144.085° SSE	2026-02-05 14:49:33.370Z	111.463° ESE	15.239°	2026-02-05 14:54:33.370Z	84.695° E
21 mins	2026-02-05 16:52:33.370Z	207.875° SW	2026-02-05 17:02:33.370Z	121.235° SE	41.835°	2026-02-05 17:13:33.370Z	55.364° ENE
21 mins	2026-02-05 19:07:33.370Z	260.331° W	2026-02-05 19:17:33.370Z	338.682° N	40.674°	2026-02-05 19:28:33.370Z	54.861° ENE
20 mins	2026-02-05 21:25:33.370Z	298.14° NW	2026-02-05 21:34:33.370Z	2.071° NNE	36.172°	2026-02-05 21:45:33.370Z	76.765° E
21 mins	2026-02-05 23:41:33.370Z	308.271° NW	2026-02-05 23:51:33.370Z	28.151° NE	44.106°	2026-02-06 00:02:33.370Z	118.764° SE
20 mins	2026-02-06 01:56:33.370Z	297.05° NW	2026-02-06 02:06:33.370Z	230.036° WSW	33.626°	2026-02-06 02:16:33.370Z	170.14° S

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GLOBALSTAR M043, 25874

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-05T02:50:23.770Z)

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Other satellites on launch #41 in the year 1999 (1999-07-25 UTC)

GLOBALSTAR M043 Visibility forecast

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