25 Facts About Globalstar

Globalstar, Inc is an American satellite communications company that operates a low Earth orbit satellite constellation for satellite phone and low-speed data communications.

Globalstar project was launched in 1991 as a joint venture of Loral Corporation and Qualcomm.

Globalstar received its US spectrum allocation from the FCC in January 1995 and continued to negotiate with other nations for rights to use the same radio frequencies in their countries.

Globalstar LLC was formed as a Delaware limited liability company in November 2003 and was converted into Globalstar, Inc, on March 17,2006.

In 2007, Globalstar launched eight additional first-generation spare satellites into space to help compensate for the premature failure of their in-orbit satellites.

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Between 2010 and 2013, Globalstar launched 24 second-generation satellites in an effort to restore their system to full service.

Between 2010 and 2011, Globalstar moved its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Covington, Louisiana in part to take advantage of the state's tax breaks and low cost of living.

In March 2020, Globalstar announced that the Third Generation Partnership Project had approved the 5G variant of Globalstar's Band 53, to become known as n53.

On March 6,2021, Globalstar announced to customers that the Sat-Fi2 and Sat-Fi2 RAS services would be discontinued as of March 12,2021.

Globalstar is a provider of mobile satellite voice and data services.

Globalstar offers these services to commercial and recreational users in more than 120 countries around the world.

Globalstar satellites are simple "bent pipe" analog repeaters, unlike Iridium.

Twenty four Globalstar Gateways are located around the world, including seven in North America.

Globalstar users are assigned telephone numbers on the North American Numbering Plan in North America or the appropriate telephone numbering plan for the country that the overseas gateway is located in, except for Brazil, where the official Globalstar country code is used.

Globalstar has roaming agreements with local cellular operators in some regions, enabling the use of a single phone number in satellite and cellular mode on multi-mode Globalstar handsets.

In December 2005, Globalstar began to move some of its satellites into a graveyard orbit above LEO.

Globalstar launched eight ground spare satellites in 2007 to help reduce the impact of the issue.

In 2007, Globalstar launched eight spare satellites for its existing constellation with a view to reducing the gaps in its two-way voice and data services pending commercial availability of its second-generation satellite constellation.

Globalstar continued to operate its failing satellite constellation to provide and support services on an intermittently-available until the second-generation Globalstar satellites became available for service.

In December 2006, Globalstar announced that Alcatel Alenia Space, now Thales Alenia Space in its Cannes headquarters, has been awarded a €661 million contract for the second-generation constellation.

In July 2009, Globalstar, Inc announced that it has received complete financing for its second-generation satellite constellation and signed an amendment to the initial contract, specifying in particular, the adjusted conditions for production and the new satellite delivery timetable.

In February 2022, it was announced that Globalstar purchased 17 new satellites to continue its constellation built by MDA and Rocket Lab for $327 million.

From that point on, the primary financing for Globalstar LP was vendor financing from its suppliers, supplemented by junk bonds.

Globalstar provides the infrastructure for the Emergency SOS via satellite functionality introduced in all versions of the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro.

Globalstar served as founding CEO and later CEO and Chairman of ICO Global Communications from 1995 to 1999.

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