Globalstar USA LLC is shipping its new GSP-1720 satellite data and voice module (SDVM), the company announced May 29.

The Qualcomm Inc.-manufactured GSP-1720 is designed to provide integrators, original equipment manufacturers and value-added developers with a compact, power-efficient and versatile wireless system for two-way satellite communications data applications.

Separately, AeroAstro unveiled a new asset-tracking satellite downlink decoder rack for Globalstar ground stations designed to expand the geographic coverage of the Globalstar Simplex Data Service. The digital signal-processing infrastructure component receives and decodes asset-tracking and monitoring data from field transmitters and transmits the signals via the Internet.