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Apr 26, 2012
ORBCOMM: A Business Case Analysis
Publication: Space 2002 and Robotics 2002
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ORBCOMM is a satellite-based system that provides global data messaging services. Conceived in 1989 by Orbital Sciences Corporation, the $810 million company became operational in 1998, and then filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 2000. This article provides a brief history of the development of ORBCOMM and gives a summary description of the technology involved and applications. While not critical in nature, the article addresses a number of business issues that may have contributed to ORBCOMM not being able to sign up a sufficient number of customers to survive. The most significant of these issues were the ground systems development lagging the space segment deployment and the fact that the market demand for monitoring and' tracking equipment did not materialize as predicted. ORBCOMM was bought by a new group of investors in April 2001 for an estimated amount of $5–10 million. The article offers a number of ways how the company may succeed henceforth.
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