Welcome to

NewSpace Index

Concise original overview of commercial satellite constellations,
small satellite rocket launchers and NewSpace funding options.
Sister websites www.nanosats.eu and www.factoriesinspace.com

Globalstar (Gen4)

Constellation name Gen4
Constellation area Internet, Direct-to-Cell, Direct-to-Device, Satellite-to-Cellphone
Constellation info

Globalstar has selected MDA Ltd. and Rocket Lab to supply a set of satellites to replenish its constellation, funded by a mystery customer.
Constellation status Unknown
Launched satellites 0
Planned satellites 3080
Form factor Smallsat, ?
First launch ?
Notes
 
Logo Globalstar logo
Company name Globalstar
Oneliner

Globalstar empowers its customers to connect, transmit and communicate in smarter ways easily, quickly, securely, and affordably — offering reliable satellite and terrestrial connectivity services as an international telecom infrastructure provider.
Funding N/A
Location US
Established 1991
Socials
 
Related project Globalstar - Second-Generation
Related project Globalstar - Second-Gen Refresh
Related project Globalstar - Third Generation
 

Last modified: 2025-05-29

What is NewSpace?

NewSpace is a global industry of private companies and entrepreneurs who primarily target commercial customers, are backed by risk capital seeking a return, and seek to profit from innovative products or services developed in or for space.

NewSpace Global, newspaceglobal.com

Alt.space, NewSpace, entrepreneurial space, and other labels have been used to describe approaches to space development that different significantly from that taken by NASA and the mainstream aerospace industry.

Hobby Space, hobbyspace.com

People, businesses and organizations working to open the space frontier to human settlement through economic development.

Space Frontier Foundation, spacefrontier.org