Early risers tomorrow morning (Wednesday) can watch live as a Soyuz rocket carrying six Globalstar satellites lifts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. At this stage, the launch is scheduled to occur at 3.10 am AEST (add one hour if your state or territory is on daylight savings time). The webcast can be watched here.
![globalstar_satellite](http://nightskyonline.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/globalstar_satellite-300x211.jpg)
You can find background information about this launch (and its payload) in couple of places on the web. The first of these is the official media release for the launch and the second is a page on the www.space.com website.
Thanks to Kevin Fetter for alerting me to this opportunity.