Soyuz Lifts Four Satellites For Globalstar, Arianespace Announces A Soyuz lifter rushed four satellites into orbit for Globalstar, rising from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Arianespace announced. It was the 12th consecutive successful flight for Starsem, an Arianespace affiliate. Following an on-time departure from Baikonur, the Soyuz accurately injected its Globalstar satellite cluster into the targeted 920-km low Earth orbit. It was the 1,726th launch of a Soyuz family vehicle, and the ninth Soyuz flight this year. Globalstar was the first…
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