On July 8, 2011, an Arianespace Soyuz 2-1A launch vehicle rolled out from the integration facilities at the Baikonur cosmodrome. The Fregat upper stage will place on orbit six second-generation Globalstar satellites. The satellites, built by Thales Alenia Space, are each equipped with 16 transponders from C- to S-band and 16 receivers from L- to C-band. Arianespace has been contracted to place in orbit a total of 24 second-generation Globalstar satellites.
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