Globalstar Installs Three C-3 Antennas in South Korea as Part of 90-Antenna Global Rollout
Globalstar has installed three new six-meter C-3 tracking antennas at its Yeo Ju ground station in South Korea to enhance its third-generation satellite network. This is part of deploying up to 90 C-3 antennas across 15 sites in nine countries, boosting capacity and enabling new IoT and D2D services.
1. South Korea Ground Station Expansion
Globalstar has installed three new six-meter C-3 tracking antennas at its Yeo Ju ground station in South Korea, marking over two decades of continuous service across East Asia. These additions increase the station’s capacity and introduce redundancy for essential network elements, ensuring high service quality for mobile satellite connectivity. The new antennas are part of a broader rollout that will total up to 90 C-3 antennas globally.
2. Global C-3 Network Rollout
The Yeo Ju project represents one of 15 construction sites in nine countries across four continents where Globalstar is deploying its third-generation C-3 system. This concerted infrastructure expansion underlines the company’s strategy to support next-generation services—such as Internet of Things (IoT) applications and device-to-device communication—by enhancing coverage, resilience and throughput in its low Earth orbit constellation and ground network.
3. Strategic and Financial Outlook
Globalstar reaffirmed its revenue outlook for fiscal 2025, citing the ongoing C-3 deployment as a key driver of future growth. Investments in both new tracking antennas and software-defined private wireless platforms aim to serve hundreds of millions of users in enterprise, business and consumer markets. With licensed Band 53/n53 spectrum and mission-critical performance, the company expects the expanded infrastructure to accelerate adoption of its XCOM RAN™ solutions and GPS-based safety products.