Why all signs point to Globalstar/Apple as MDA Space’s secret constellation customer; MDA delays Chorus radar by 6 months

by Peter B. de Selding

UPDATE Feb 10: MDA Space announced that Globalstar was in fact the anonymous customer that had signed an initial Authorization-to-Proceed contract in November 2023 for a low-orbiting satellite constellation. The contract is valued at 1.1 billion Canadian dollars ($769 million), includingthe  previous ATP payments, for more than 50 MDA Aurora software-defnned satellites, to be used by Apple for a second-generation direct-to-device service.

LA PLATA, Maryland —MDA Space Chief Executive Mike Greenley has made every effort over successive investor presentations to maintain the anonymity . . .

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