Globalstar
Sign in to saveGlobalstar, Inc. is an American telecommunications company that operates a satellite constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO) for satellite phone, low-speed data transmission and Earth observation. The Globalstar second-generation constellation consists of 25 satellites.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Globalstar, Inc.
- Company.logo
- Globalstar Logo.png
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.location_city
- Covington, Louisiana
- Company.location_country
- U.S.
- Company.key_people
- Paul E. Jacobs (CEO)
- Company.industry
- Telecommunications
- Company.owner
- Apple Inc. (20%)
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- globalstar.com
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- inception
- 1998-00-00
- social media followers
- 4361
- Commons category
- Globalstar
- number of viewers/listeners
- 697686
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22 sectionsContents
- History
- Products and services
- Satellite messengers
- Simplex data modems
- Duplex data modems
- Duplex voice/data modules
- Services
- Discontinued products and services
- System architecture
- Gateways
- First generation satellites
- First-generation satellite problems
- Globalstar's interim solution to premature first-generation satellite problems
- Second-generation satellites
- Business operations
- Corporate structure and financing
- SPOT LLC
- Collaboration with Apple, Inc.
- Employees
- See also
- References
- External links
Globalstar, Inc. is an American telecommunications company that operates a satellite constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO) for satellite phone, low-speed data transmission and Earth observation. The Globalstar second-generation constellation consists of 25 satellites.
==History== The Globalstar project was launched in 1991 as a joint venture of Loral Corporation and Qualcomm. On March 24, 1994, the two sponsors announced the formation of Globalstar LP, a limited partnership established in the U.S., with financial participation from eight other companies, including Alcatel, AirTouch, Deutsche Aerospace, Hyundai, and Vodafone. At that time, the company predicted the system would launch in 1998, based on an investment of $1.8 billion.