Tony Navarra.

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan — Six Globalstar second-generation mobile communications satellites were successfully placed into orbit Oct. 20 aboard a four-stage Soyuz rocket, a launch that Globalstar hopes will gradually return its business to full operational status after more than three years of service and revenue declines.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris Bureau Chief for SpaceNews.