AeroAstro Sends Simplex Flying Further As Globalstar & Radyne Buddy Up

Globalstar, Inc. [NASDAQ:GSAT] has announced that Radyne Corporation business unit AeroAstro will supply Globalstar with the necessary network upgrades to enhance both the receiver sensitivity and the overall customer messaging capacity of the Globalstar Simplex data network. According to the agreement, AeroAstro will provide Globalstar with the ground network upgrades needed to expand the current subscriber messaging capacity of the Globalstar Simplex data network by 10 times as well as increase receiver sensitivity of the network by up to 40 percent. Increased receiver sensitivity will further expand the geographic coverage area of Globalstar’s gateway earth stations and is expected to improve Simplex message transmission reliability, which already exceeds 99 percent in the gateways’ primary coverage area. Deliveries of the necessary upgrades are scheduled to begin in early 2008.




Globalstar’s Simplex data network is used to support a variety of aviation flight-following, emergency asset, fleet and personal tracking applications. Simplex data modem integrated solutions are also used for a number of remote monitoring and alarm applications, both within and beyond the reach of traditional wireless and terrestrial infrastructure. Information such as GPS location co-ordinates, remote status and other sensor information can be reliably sent to customers using the Globalstar Simplex network—Milpitas, California