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• 1/10/12: Six Globalstar Satellites in Healthy Orbit
• 1/2/12: Globalstar Starts a New Service Plan Called The Evolution II Plan
• 12/20/11: Iridium and GEOS Partner Offering Emergency Response Service
• 12/07/11: Globalstar Swaps Satellite before Launch
• 12/06/11: Globalstar Satellite May Get a Software Fix
• 10/17/11: Globalstar Orders Six More Satellites
• 10/16/11: Two Globalstar Satellites Out of the Six Now Operational
• 9/22/11: Iridium Says Low Risk for Satellite Collision
• 9/6/11: Globalstar Takes Delivery of Seven More Satellites
• 8/15/11: Inmarsat Selects ILS Proton for the Inmarsat-5
• 8/15/11: Globalstar Launches More Satellites
• 7/6/11: Inmarsat Launches IsatPhone Link
• 7/6/11: Iridium Signs Launch Agreement with Russian Kosmotras
• 4/4/11: FCC Gives Globalstar the OK to Operate 2nd Generation Satellites
• 4/4/11: Globalstar Takes Delivery of 6 Satellites for May Launch
• 3/18/11: Iridium Awarded Contract for Phase 3 Development of Distributed Tactical Communications System
• 3/18/11: Boeing Completes Review for Inmarsat-5 Satellites
• 3/18/11: Globalstar Phones Provided to Greek Army
• 3/18/11: Inmarsat Stock Down 11%
• 3/18/11: First Four Globalstar Second Generation Satellites are in Position
• 3/18/11: Satellite Phone Signals Jammed By Libya
• 3/7/11: Globalstar is Planning the Launch of Six Satellites in May
• 3/7/11: First Four Globalstar Second Generation Satellites are in Position
• 2/21/11: Satellite Phones: Tough Market to get off the Ground
• 2/10/11: SkyTerra 1 Antenna Finally Deployed
• 2/10/11: Iridium Constellation Expected to Last Until 2017
• 2/10/11: Globalstar Completes First Second Generation Satellite Call
• 1/24/11: Iridium’s Financial Outlook for 2011 is Skyward
• 1/17/11: Inmarsat Receives Award as Best Satellite Service Provider
• 12/13/10: IsatPhone Pro Launched at Futurecom by Inmarsat
• 11/29/10: TerreStar Heading for Chapter 11
• 11/8/10: Globalstar Launch Successful
• 10/18/10: Globalstar Launch Update: Go For Launch!
• 10/04/10: Globalstar Satellites Launching In Oct
• 6/21/10: Inmarsat Launches New IsatPhone Pro
• 5/26/10: Globalstar Soon Will Have a New Constellation
• 5/10/10: Thuraya Predicts 20,000 Phones to be sold in 2010
• 4/20/10: Inmarsat Expecting Growth in the Future
• 3/25/10: Globalstar Applauds the FCC National Broadband Strategy
• 3/18/10: Globalstar Becoming Market Leader Again
• 3/18/10: Inmarsat Planning for the Future
• 3/10/10: Satellite Dispenser for Globalstar Constellation Flight Worthy
• 8/18/09: First Call Made on a TerreStar Satellite Phone
• 6/19/09: TerreStar Moves Launch Date
• 4/21/09: More Companies Providing Satellite Phone Service
• 3/30/09: Recent Globalstar News
• 3/9/09: Globalstar Partners with Skyya Communications
• 2/17/09: Collision of an Iridium satellite and a Russian satellite
• 2/02/09: SPOT Satellite Messenger offers New Service
• 1/14/09: Globalstar is the First Satellite Service Provider to Use Its ATC Spectrum Authority
• 1/14/09: Chief Executive of Globalstar Buys $2.51 M Globalstar Stock
• 1/14/09: Globaltouch Partners with Globalstar for New Gateway
• 12/16/08: Globalstar Launching 16 New Satellites
• 12/16/08: Globalstar Gateway Operational in Singapore
• 12/16/08: Globalstar and Ericsson Partner for New Network
• 12/4/08: Intercepted Satellite Phone Calls Warned India Ahead of Time
• 11/4/08: Iridium Launches the New 9555 Satellite Phone
• 10/8/2008: Globalstar SPOT Satellite Messenger Wins Wall Street Journal Consumer Electronics Technology Award
• 10/8/2008: Sun Could Disrupt Satellite Communications

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