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...

The latest Iridium 9555 firmware (HT09014) is not compatible with one vendor's docking station. To make full use of this particular docking station the Iridium must be downgraded to the previous firmware version (HT09007). The docking station vendor has successfully tested a new beta version of firmware, but there is...