[SatNews] The next member of the Company's constellation has been shipped to the launch site...

ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC), a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, has announced that LuxSpace Sarl (LuxSpace), an affiliate of OHB System AG, has confirmed that construction and testing of the LuxSpace VesselSat1 AIS satellite has been successfully completed — the spacecraft has been shipped to the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) launch pad at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh off the Bay of the Bengal. The target launch date is set for October 12, 2011. ORBCOMM is exclusively licensed for the AIS data collected by VesselSat1, which will provide additional coverage in the equatorial region, and will supplement ORBCOMM’s constellation of 18 AIS-enabled nexgen satellites currently under construction. By means of a global network of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites and accompanying ground infrastructure, ORBCOMM’s low-cost and reliable two-way data communication services track, monitor and control mobile and fixed assets in four core markets: commercial transportation; heavy equipment; industrial fixed assets; and marine/homeland security. ORBCOMM based products are installed on trucks, containers, marine vessels, locomotives, backhoes, pipelines, oil wells, utility meters, storage tanks and other assets. ORBCOMM is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey and has its network control center in Dulles, Virginia.