Globalcom Satellite Phone News and Updates

Spot Inc Announces Release of SPOT Satellite Messenger

Spot Inc. announced the release of the SPOT Satellite Messenger on November 1, 1007. This unit is available and ready for purchase and activation. This is just in time for the holiday season. SPOT is primarily aimed for the outdoor enthusiast as a life saving device that has the capability to contact for help when the asked. This unit will work anywhere in its coverage area regardless of whether there is cell coverage. Users may also view their routes taken with the help of Google Maps™. There are so many stories of people getting stranded, lost, or worse needing emergency help in the wilderness. SPOT Satellite messenger helps these people have contact in these remote areas. These units are also great for preparedness for hurricane affected areas or on the west coast where the wildfires are rampant. SPOT has been feature in Popular Science, MacWorld, U.S. News and World Report, and the Washington Post. SPOT gives its owners peace of mind with four main features. These features are Alert 911, Call for Help, Check In, and Track Progress. Spot Inc is happy to meet a critical safety need. SPOT works in a lot of the world including the continental United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia, and portions of South America, Northern Africa, and Northeastern Asia plus hundred of thousands of miles offshore to these areas. SPOT is now available for $149.99 with service beginning at $99.99 per year.

posted by Globalcom @ 10:00 AM  

Globalstar Announces Successful Launch of Four Satellites

One of the foremost providers of mobile satellite data and voice services announced on October 22, 2007 that four Globalstar satellites have been successfully launched from The Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They are used the Soyuz Launch vehicle. These are four of eight satellites launched this year that are being used to supplement the current constellation and hopes to hold the current constellation in place until the second generation of satellites will be launched. There were approximately $120 million to send these eight satellites into orbit. Globalstar believes that they represent the start of their next-generation constellation that is proposed to be launched in 2009. They are hoping that these remaining satellites will bring the gap with the satellites today. The 48 new satellites due to launch in 2009 are projected to offer service at least until 2025. Globalstar has signed a contract with a European launch service company named Arianespace for the next generation launch of satellites using the Soyuz Launch vehicle once again. The Soyuz Launch vehicle has had 1726 successful launches to date. They are expected the second-generation to begin launch campaigns summer 2009.

posted by Globalcom @ 8:58 AM