Globalstar and Thales Alenia signed a contract for the manufacture...
Globalstar and Thales Alenia signed a contract for the manufacture and delivery of six more satellites for Globalstar’s second-generation constellation. The satellites “will ensure long-term industry-leading mobile satellite voice and data services to Globalstar customers around the world through 2030,”…
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Globalstar said in a press release (http://xrl.us/bnpr54). The new contract gives the company the option to order as many as 24 additional satellites “should consumer demand require additional capacity be added to the Globalstar System,” it said. The six satellites are scheduled to be delivered and launched in 2015, the company added. Globalstar and Thales settled an arbitration dispute this year over a manufacturing delay for an order of satellites (CD June 26 p18).