LA PLATA, Maryland — Mobile satellite services provider Globalstar said its new constellation being built mainly with Apple financing will include 54 satellites, including six in-orbit spares, operating from the same 1,414-kilometer orbit as the Globalstar’s current 24-satellite constellation.
In a Dec. 30 filing with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), made as part of Globalstar’s ongoing request for an FCC operating license for the new constellation, Globalstar said the 17 satellites designed to replenish the existing fleet would be be launched “by . . .
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