iPhone Emergency SOS Satellites Clear On-Orbit Tests, Advancing Amazon's $11.57B Globalstar Acquisition
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Globalstar 2-R satellites powering iPhone's Emergency SOS via satellite have cleared their initial on-orbit functional tests, a key milestone in Amazon's $11.57 billion acquisition of the satellite operator. MDA Space confirmed all eight first-batch spacecraft passed checks and began electric orbit raising toward operational altitude.
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