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GLOBALSTAR M050, 25908

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GLOBALSTAR M050, 25908 is a payload satellite owned by Globalstar (US) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 22 Sep 1999 UTC via a SOYUZ-U-PVB launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). 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

25908, 1999-049B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

Globalstar Inc. (Unknown / GLOB)

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)

1999-09-22 (26 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-U-PVB

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

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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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 GLOBALSTAR M050
1 25908U 99049B   25211.66336139 -.00000169  00000-0 -91739-3 0  9993
2 25908  52.0015 357.5099 0009908 117.0393 256.1020 12.07455625153447

Epoch: 2025-07-30T15:55Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-30T15:55:14.424Z)

Latitude

10.22322°

Longitude

178.22086°

Altitude

1,649.494 km

Speed

7.048 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 22m 16s

True Declination

10° 10' 12"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-44.54709°

Longitude

118.22935°

Altitude

1,670.643 km

Speed

7.035 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 31m 04s

Apparent Declination

-69° 16' 47"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:59:33

Azimuth

206.993° SW

Elevation

-39.332°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,655.985 km

Perigee altitude

1,640.08 km

Semi-major axis

8,026.17 km

Eccentricity

0.00099

Inclination

52.0015°

RAAN

357.5099°

Arg. of periapsis

117.0393°

True anomaly

255.99182°

Mean anomaly

256.102°

Eccentric anomaly

256.04691°

Mean motion

3.01843 °/min

Orbital period

119.27 mins

BSTAR

-0.00091739

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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 1999 (1999-09-22 UTC)

GLOBALSTAR M058, 25907

GLOBALSTAR M033, 25909

GLOBALSTAR M055, 25910

SL-4 R/B(1), 25911 (Decayed)

SL-4 R/B(2), 25912 (Decayed)

GLOBALSTAR M050 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.
8 mins	2025-07-31 09:51:00.454Z	141.559° SSE	2025-07-31 09:55:00.454Z	115.878° SE	14.355°	2025-07-31 09:59:00.454Z	90.289° ESE
17 mins	2025-07-31 11:51:00.454Z	208.138° SW	2025-07-31 11:59:00.454Z	126.786° SE	41.53°	2025-07-31 12:08:00.454Z	56.576° ENE
18 mins	2025-07-31 13:56:00.454Z	260.302° W	2025-07-31 14:04:00.454Z	325.208° NNW	39.539°	2025-07-31 14:14:00.454Z	52.886° ENE
16 mins	2025-07-31 16:04:00.454Z	297.835° NW	2025-07-31 16:12:00.454Z	4.325° NNE	33.265°	2025-07-31 16:20:00.454Z	67.747° E
17 mins	2025-07-31 18:11:00.454Z	310.645° NW	2025-07-31 18:19:00.454Z	27.515° NE	41.651°	2025-07-31 18:28:00.454Z	108.071° ESE
16 mins	2025-07-31 20:17:00.454Z	297.359° NW	2025-07-31 20:24:00.454Z	237.457° WSW	37.966°	2025-07-31 20:33:00.454Z	159.099° S

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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