Thales Alenia will deliver the first three satellites in the Globalstar second-generation constellation to the launch site.
The satellites will be orbited by Arianespace on a Soyuz launcher in October 2010 from Baikonour, with three other satellites in the first launch batch, to be delivered by the end of August 2010.
Thales Alenia Space will design and deliver 48 second-generation constellation low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites to Globalstar to provide mobile phone and data satellite services.
The second-generation Globalstar satellites will each weigh 700kg and be fitted with 16 transponders from C to S band, and 16 receivers from L to C-band.
