Soyuz Flight ST26 with six Globalstar satellites: Postponed 24 hours due to weather conditions

February 5, 2013

Liftoff of Soyuz Flight ST26 has been postponed 24 hours due to high altitude winds over the launch site at Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The Soyuz launcher and its payload of six Globalstar second-generation satellites are in a safe mode on the Cosmodrome’s Launch Pad #6.

With the postponement, liftoff of ST26 is now set for February 6 at 10:04 p.m. local time at Baikonur Cosmodrome.

This mission is the final launch currently contracted with Arianespace by Globalstar for the orbiting  of its satellite constellation.  As with the other Soyuz missions for Globalstar, it will be performed by the Starsem affiliate of Arianespace.   
 

For additional information on this mission, read the Launch Kit.

Follow Starsem’s ST26 mission activities: February 6, 2013 - Starsem/Arianespace completes the deployment of Globalstar’s constellation with a Soyuz mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome February 4, 2013 - Final checkout underway for the Arianespace/Starsem Soyuz launch with second-generation Globalstar spacecraft February 2, 2013 - Soyuz is ready for a close-out Baikonur Cosmodrome launch with Globalstar’s second-generation satellites January 28, 2013 - Globalstar’s second-generation satellites are encapsulated and ready for installation on their Starsem Soyuz launcher January 25, 2013 - Six Globalstar satellites get their “kick” for next month’s Arianespace/Starsem Soyuz launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome January 21, 2013 - Payload elements come together in Starsem’s wrap-up Soyuz mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome for Globalstar January 15, 2013 - Globalstar’s final batch of second-generation satellites are integrated for their Starsem mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome December 12, 2012 - Six satellites for Globalstar’s close-out Soyuz mission are ready for launch by the Starsem affiliate of Arianespace November 1, 2012 - Arianespace and Globalstar: The wrap-up Soyuz launch with second-generation satellites is set for February