Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5477  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
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Pinwheel galaxy and Globalstar satellite, Thomas LELU
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Pinwheel galaxy and Globalstar satellite

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Pinwheel galaxy and Globalstar satellite

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Here is the galaxy M101 that we present more.

Many galaxies are in the background of the image including NGC5477.

In addition, the image shows the trace of a satellite just above, to the right of M101.

This is the Globalstar telecommunications satellite specializing in satellite telephony. It uses a constellation of low earth orbit telecommunications satellites to provide low-speed voice and data services to its customers with specialized mobile phones with coverage from all over the planet except polar latitudes. As its main competitor, Iridium, the company is established in the 1990s. The network becomes operational in 2000 after the deployment of 48 satellites.

On the picture, it is the GLOBALSTAR M030 satellite launched in July 1999.

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Pinwheel galaxy and Globalstar satellite, Thomas LELU

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