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Globalstar 2-R Launch 1

Success
AUG 16202601:12:14 UTC

Falcon 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.

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

last updated Oct 9, 2026