Globalstar Partners with SpaceX to Launch New Apple SOS Satellites

Globalstar and SpaceX agreed to launch the first SPOT network upgrade satellites to support Apple's emergency messaging service. Globalstar is spending $64 million for the 2025 launch. Globalstar is improving its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) SPOT network to accommodate iPhone 14 satellite direct-to-cell emergency messaging. Apple is paying 95% of the improved network expenditures, including satellites and launch, and Globalstar has pledged to reserve 85% of its present and future network capacity for the services.

Globalstar filed SEC filings on Aug. 30 to announce the start. The document did not name a launch vehicle.