Wideye has announced the availability of a rugged weatherized BGAN called the Sabre Ranger. The Ranger is installed in an enclosure that allows it to be deployed in temperatures down to -40 deg C (requires optional heater) and up to 75 deg C. With an ingress protection rating of 65...

Outfitter Satellite just finished testing the GeoPro personal tracking device based on the 9601 SBD modem. This device is intended for tracking people, not vehicles.We found the GeoPro easy to use. The GeoPro is a small, weatherized handheld unit that provides two-way messaging through the Iridium network. There is a...

Globalstar has announced that it will launch the first six of its second generation satellites during a 90-day window that opens on July 5, 2010. The satellites will be launched on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Globalstar had previously announced that they would launch 24 satellites...