{"id":6036,"date":"2025-02-11T18:04:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/mda-space-secures-1-1b-contract-to-develop-globalstars-next-gen-leo-constellation\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T18:04:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:04:25","slug":"mda-space-secures-1-1b-contract-to-develop-globalstars-next-gen-leo-constellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/mda-space-secures-1-1b-contract-to-develop-globalstars-next-gen-leo-constellation\/","title":{"rendered":"MDA Space Secures $1.1B Contract to Develop Globalstar’s Next-Gen LEO Constellation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MDA<\/p>\n

MDA Space Ltd., a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced that it has signed a definitive contract with Globalstar Inc. to be the prime contractor for the satellite operator\u2019s next generation low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation, with a total contract value of approximately $1.1 billion.<\/p>\n

As part of the definitive contract for the full LEO constellation, MDA Space will manufacture more than 50 MDA AURORA software-defined digital satellites for Globalstar.<\/p>\n

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Also Read: What are Low Earth Orbits (LEO)?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe are pleased to once again be working with Globalstar as they develop their next generation LEO constellation,\u201d said Mike Greenley<\/strong>, CEO of MDA Space<\/strong>. \u201cWith the full contract now in place, we are moving full speed ahead on the program.\u201d<\/p>\n

The definitive contract announced is a follow-on to an initial Authorization to Proceed (ATP) contract with an undisclosed customer, previously announced on November 17, 2023. A contract value of approximately $750 million will be added to the company\u2019s backlog in the first quarter of fiscal 2025. This amount is in addition to the ATP value of approximately $350 million that was previously added to backlog, for a total value of $1.1 billion under the definitive contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MDA Space Ltd., a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced that it has signed a definitive contract with Globalstar Inc. to be the prime contractor for the satellite operator\u2019s next generation low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation, with a total contract value of approximately $1.1 billion. As part of the definitive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,38,20],"class_list":["post-6036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-leo","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}