Globalstar's specifications
|
Prime
contractor
|
Space
Systems/Loral
|
|
Platform
|
LS-400
|
|
Mass
at launch
|
450
kg
|
|
Mass
in orbit
|
|
|
Dry
mass
|
400
kg
|
|
Dimension
|
trapezoidal
shape
|
|
Solar
array
|
10.75
m span (2 panels)
|
|
Stabilization
|
3-axis
(orbit determination with GPS)
|
|
DC
power
|
1100
W
|
|
Design
lifetime
|
7.5
years
|
Satellites are built by Alenia Spazio in Rome. The structure and thermic
control is built by Aerospatiale, the payload by Alcatel and the propulsion and
solar arrays by Dasa. Space Systems/Loral has a fixed-price contract for the
construction of Globalstar's satellites, which it will perform in conjunction
with various other members of the international Space Systems/Alliance, which
includes Aerospatiale and Alcatel of France, Daimler-Benz Aerospace of Germany,
Alenia and Finmeccanica of Italy, and with Hyundai of South Korea.