[Satellite TODAY 08-10-10] Orbcomm has entered into an agreement to sell its Stellar Satellite Communications subsidiary to manufacturer Quake Global, Orbcomm announced Aug. 9.
    Quake, based in San Diego, plans to continue Stellar’s operations in Dulles, Va., as an East Coast office. Quake also will inherit Stellar’s transportation and trailer-tracking product portfolio, which are new markets for the company.
    “The integration of the personnel and engineering talents of these two very experienced companies that were pioneers in the manufacture of satellite subscriber communicators will work to develop a new generation of smart modems poised to take full advantage of the next generation of satellites that are on the near horizon,” Quake Global President and CEO Polina Braunstein said in a statement
    Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.