Globalstar returned one of its satellites to service after it...
Globalstar returned one of its satellites to service after it was removed from service last year due to a defective momentum wheel. All 18 of Globalstar’s launched second-generation satellites are now providing commercial service, the company said in a news…
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release (http://xrl.us/bn4yen). Thales Alenia Space was instrumental in developing a solution, a Globalstar spokesman said. A software patch was uploaded to the satellite, permitting it to operate on less than three wheels, he said. “It took Thales, one of their subcontractors and Globalstar to revise the control procedures to accomplish the satellite side of the redesign and ... Globalstar ground control software revision to control the spacecraft.” The final launch of its second-generation satellite constellation is scheduled for February, it said.