![Orbcomm Expects December SpaceX Launch To Fill ‘Hole in the Sky’]()
The launch of 11 satellites on a new-version Falcon 9 rocket will complete the machine-to-machine messaging provider's second-generation constellation.
![SpaceX Changes its Falcon 9 Return-to-flight Plans]()
SpaceX on Oct. 16 said it had changed its return-to-flight plans and would first launch 11 small Orbcomm messaging satellites into low Earth orbit, and then test reignition of the redesigned second-stage engine during the same flight before launching SES’s heavier telecommunications satellite into higher orbit, a mission that will need the reignition capability.
![After Failure, Orbcomm Touts Constellation Resiliency]()
Orbcomm said it could lose several of its 17 second-generation satellites without a big impact on operations beyond a slight delay in message-delivery time..
![Orbcomm to SpaceX: Launch our Satellites Before October]()
Orbcomm says it secured a commitment from SpaceX to launch 11 second-generation Orbcomm satellites between mid-August and late September.
![Orbcomm Expects To Ride Skywave Deal to Global Growth]()
Orbcomm said its purchase of SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. will transform Orbcomm from multi-regional to global and push its growing subscriber base past the 1.2 million mark.
Orbcomm said that it will supply 16,000 tracking and monitoring devices to a U.S. retailer with a large fleet of dry and refrigerated transportation assets.
![Orbcomm Expects Revenue Boost Now that SpaceX Has Patched Firm’s “Hole in the Sky”]()
Orbcomm said the six second-generation satellites it launched on July 14 are proceeding through in-orbit tests and should be in service by September.
Orbcomm has been cleared to install a gateway Earth station in Oman following the licencing of its regional service provider.
SpaceX released a video showing the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage making a “soft landing.”
All six Orbcomm machine-to-machine messaging satellites launched July 14 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket have deployed their solar arrays and antennas and begun communicating with Orbcomm’s gateway Earth stations, satellite prime contractor Sierra Nevada Corp. said July 17.
![Falcon 9 Successfully Launches Six Orbcomm Satellites]()
Following the launch, Orbcomm said all six satellites were healthy in orbit and sending signals.
![SpaceX’s Shotwell: Orbcomm Launch Not Likely Before July 14]()
She said the company decided to further delay the flight until maintenance at Cape Canaveral was complete.
![Latest SpaceX Delay Costing Orbcomm Money]()
The latest delay in the launch schedule of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket to early July will deprive customer Orbcomm of at least some of the revenue it had told investors would arrive soon after the six Falcon-launched satellites entered service.
![Orbcomm Says Second-generation Satellites Will Provide Quick Revenue Boost]()
Orbcomm said its current, first-generation constellation has a service gap of several hours per day.
![Orbcomm Satellites Set for May 10 Launch by SpaceX]()
The first six in its Orbcomm Generation 2 satellites are preparing for a May 10 launch.
![With 17 Satellites Slated To Launch in 2014, Orbcomm Eyes Larger Share of M2M Market]()
Orbcomm said its long-delayed second-generation satellite constellation is now scheduled for launch on two Falcon 9 rockets.
