Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 8)
Falcon 9 Block 5 launched the Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 8) mission for SpaceX from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on Aug 16, 2026 (UTC).
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 8)
Launched Aug 16, 2026 10:12:14 AMSuccess
8 objects in orbit now
Flight direction
45° NE
measured from the launched orbit · inclination 52.0°
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
About the mission
The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax services via its Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees. In early 2022, Globalstar contracted with MDA for the construction of 17 new 2nd generation refresh satellites to replenish the existing constellation. Rocket Lab is sub-contracted to build the satellites' buses and the launch dispensers.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
Objects from this launch still in orbit
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Sun, Aug 16 · 10:12:14 AM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- LEO
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA