AeroAstro Awarded Globalstar Applique Contract

ASHBURN, Va., July 28/Satnews Daily/ -- AeroAstro, a microsatellite technology pioneer, has been awarded a Gateway Applique contract from Globalstar, LLC. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.

AeroAstro's Sensor Enabled Notification System (SENS), a patented technology used in Globalstar Simplex Data Service, is highly affordable satellite-based monitoring and asset tracking data system. The SENS Applique receives and decodes remote sensing data received via satellite from field transmitters and is an add-on to existing Globalstar ground stations. It digitizes RF signals and extracts SENS message packets despite interference or overlapping transmissions, and transmits these messages through the Internet.

Globalstar is currently finalizing a decision regarding the location of the gateway where the new applique will be installed. Globalstar is expected to expand its simplex data coverage into a new market or enhance the coverage in an already existing market.

SENS Appliques are optimized for many users to transmit simultaneous small packet data messages. The Appliques are enabled by AeroAstro's patented Code Phase Division Multiple Access technology.