Sunday 6 September 2009

Orbcomm and SpaceX Reach Deal to Launch Satellite Constellation

ORBCOMM Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced that they have reached an agreement for SpaceX to launch 18 ORBCOMM Generation 2 (OG2) satellites to begin as early as the fourth quarter of 2010 through 2014.

SpaceX will deliver ORBCOMM’s second-generation satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO) for the purpose of supporting ORBCOMM’s existing constellation of satellites, adding new features, and growing its global
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Automatic Identification System (AIS) offerings.


http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=29118

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