Globalstar 2-R Launch 1
Success
AUG 16202601:12:14 UTCFalcon 9 carried the first eight of Globalstar's HIBLEO-4 replacement satellites, built by MDA Space in Montreal, with nine more on order. A second Falcon 9 launched USSF-366 from Vandenberg 38 minutes later, the shortest gap SpaceX had put between orbital launches.
Amazon agreed in April 2026 to acquire Globalstar for roughly $11.6 billion; at the time of the launch the deal had not closed.
LIFTOFF
AUG 16 202601:12:14 UTC
Success
launched from SLC-40 Canaveral
aboard Falcon 9 B5 into LEO
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Booster
B1090.14
Landed on ground pad · LZ-40
Payload
Globalstar-2R M104-111 (8 satellites)
Communications

