Falcon 9 Block 5
This mission has flown
August 15, 2026
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.
Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5
Mission type
Communications
Payload
Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 8)
Launch complex
Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch date
August 15, 2026
Launch window
9:12 PM – 9:27 PM ET
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Core
B1090
Flight 14 · flight-proven
Return to launch site · Landing Zone 40 — expect sonic booms
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Launch News
SpaceX successfully launched its Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Cape Canaveral at 7:04 a.m. EDT on October 20, carrying 32 payloads aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. First-stage booster B1085 completed its 19th flight and landed on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.
NASA
SpaceX successfully launched NASA's CRS-35 cargo mission from Cape Canaveral at 6:33 a.m. EDT on October 13. Cargo Dragon is carrying more than 6,300 pounds of science experiments, station supplies, and solar array hardware, with docking planned for Thursday.
Launch News
SpaceX is targeting 6:33 a.m. EDT Tuesday for the launch of NASA's CRS-35 cargo mission from Cape Canaveral. Dragon will deliver new health research, station supplies, and solar array hardware to the International Space Station.
