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Document and Entity Information - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Document and Entity Information - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 01, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Document Type	10-K
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2012
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Trading Symbol	GSAT
Entity Registrant Name	GLOBALSTAR, INC.
Entity Central Index Key	0001366868
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Public Float			$ 36.6
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Voting Common Stock [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		354,551,816
Nonvoting Common Stock [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		135,000,000

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 11,792	$ 9,951
Restricted cash	46,777
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $6,667 and $7,296, respectively	13,944	12,393
Inventory	42,181	41,848
Deferred financing costs	34,622
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	5,233	5,281
Total current assets	154,549	69,473
Property and equipment, net	1,215,156	1,217,718
Restricted cash		46,776
Deferred financing costs	16,883	53,482
Advances for inventory	9,158	9,158
Intangible and other assets, net	8,029	23,798
Total assets	1,403,775	1,420,405
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	655,874
Accounts payable, including contractor payables of $27,747 and $32,275, respectively	35,685	47,808
Accrued contract termination charge	23,166
Accrued expenses	28,164	28,806
Payables to affiliates	230	378
Deferred revenue	18,041	14,588
Total current liabilities	761,160	91,580
Long-term debt, less current portion	95,155	723,888
Employee benefit obligations	7,221	7,407
Derivative liabilities	25,175	38,996
Deferred revenue	4,640	7,295
Other non-current liabilities	15,880	17,444
Total non-current liabilities	148,071	795,030
Commitments and contingent liabilities (Notes 8 and 9)
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred Stock
Common Stock	49	35
Additional paid-in capital	864,175	792,584
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,758)	(3,100)
Retained deficit	(367,922)	(255,724)
Total stockholders' equity	494,544	533,795
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	1,403,775	1,420,405
Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred Stock
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred Stock
Common Stock [Member]
Stockholders' equity:
Common Stock	35	30
Total stockholders' equity	49	35
Nonvoting Common Stock [Member]
Stockholders' equity:
Common Stock	$ 14	$ 5

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Accounts receivable, allowance	$ 6,667	$ 7,296
Accounts payable, including contractor payables	$ 27,747	$ 32,275
Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Preferred stock, shares authorized	100,000,000	100,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued
Preferred stock, shares outstanding
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Preferred stock, shares authorized	1	1
Preferred stock, shares issued
Preferred stock, shares outstanding
Common Stock [Member]
Common stock, par value	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Common stock, shares authorized	865,000,000	865,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	354,085,753	297,175,777
Common stock, shares outstanding	354,085,753	297,175,777
Nonvoting Common Stock [Member]
Common stock, par value	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Common stock, shares authorized	135,000,000	135,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	135,000,000	55,881,512
Common stock, shares outstanding	135,000,000	55,881,512

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS € in Thousands, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2012 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2012 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2012 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2011 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2011 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2011 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2010 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2010 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2010 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2012 EUR (€) shares	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Revenue:
Service revenues													$ 57,468		$ 55,397	$ 50,937
Subscriber equipment sales													18,850		17,430	17,004
Total revenue	$ 19,062	$ 20,537	$ 19,981	$ 16,738	$ 17,387	$ 18,187	$ 18,999	$ 18,254	$ 16,525	$ 18,223	$ 17,622	$ 15,571	76,318		72,827	67,941
Operating expenses:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation, amortization, and accretion shown separately below)													23,228		29,246	31,172
Cost of subscriber equipment sales													13,280		11,927	13,182
Cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory													1,397		8,826	10,862
Marketing, general, and administrative													34,339		42,436	41,827
Reduction in the value of long-lived assets													7,218		3,578	3,249
Contract termination charge													22,048	€ 17,500
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion													69,801		50,049	27,418
Total operating expenses													171,311		146,062	127,710
Loss from operations													(94,993)		(73,235)	(59,769)
Other income (expense):
Interest income and expense, net of amounts capitalized													(21,486)		(4,809)	(4,597)
Derivative gain (loss)													6,974		23,839	(29,975)
Other													(2,280)		(828)	(2,730)
Total other income (expense)													(16,792)		18,202	(37,302)
Loss before income taxes													(111,785)		(55,033)	(97,071)
Income tax expense (benefit)													413		(109)	396
Net loss	$ (18,952)	$ (41,188)	$ (27,533)	$ (24,525)	$ (33,709)	$ (681)	$ (14,068)	$ (6,466)	$ (18,083)	$ (24,493)	$ (19,249)	$ (35,642)	$ (112,198)		$ (54,924)	$ (97,467)
Loss per common share:
Basic \| $ / shares	$ (0.05)	$ (0.1)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.11)	$ 0.0	$ (0.05)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.05)	$ (0.09)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.13)	$ (0.29)		$ (0.18)	$ (0.34)
Diluted \| $ / shares	$ (0.05)	$ (0.1)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.11)	$ 0.0	$ (0.05)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.05)	$ (0.09)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.13)	$ (0.29)		$ (0.18)	$ (0.34)
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic \| shares	424,180	392,344	379,433	357,418	312,867	295,513	294,963	293,053	291,818	287,502	282,080	275,370	388,453	388,453	299,144	285,316
Diluted \| shares	424,180	392,344	379,433	357,418	312,867	295,513	294,963	293,053	291,818	287,502	282,080	275,370	388,453	388,453	299,144	285,316

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS [Abstract]
Net loss	$ (112,198)	$ (54,924)	$ (97,467)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Defined benefit pension plan liability adjustment	78	(3,190)	(84)
Net foreign currency translation adjustment	1,264	358	1,534
Total comprehensive loss	$ (110,856)	$ (57,756)	$ (96,017)

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Total	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-In Capital [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]	Retained Deficit [Member]
Balance at Dec. 31, 2009	$ 595,792	$ 29	$ 700,814	$ (1,718)	$ (103,333)
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2009		291,134
Net issuance of restricted stock awards and recognition of stock-based compensation	1,270	$ 1	1,269
Net issuance of restricted stock awards and recognition of stock-based compensation, shares		4,183
Contribution of services	168		168
Warrants issued associated with Contingent Equity Agreement	11,940		11,940
Common stock issued in connection with conversions of 8.00% Notes	3,415		3,415
Common stock issued in connection with conversions of 8.00% Notes, shares		3,246
Warrants exercised associated with the 8.00% Notes	15,234	$ 1	15,233
Warrants exercised associated with the 8.00% Notes, shares		8,110
Conversion of Thermo debt to equity	2,426		2,426
Conversion of Thermo debt to equity, shares		2,526
Issuance of stock in connection with contingent consideration	1,190		1,190
Issuance of stock in connection with contingent consideration, shares		760
Other comprehensive income (loss)	1,450			1,450
Net loss	(97,467)				(97,467)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2010	535,418	$ 31	736,455	(268)	(200,800)
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2010		309,959
Net issuance of restricted stock awards and recognition of stock-based compensation	2,017		2,017
Net issuance of restricted stock awards and recognition of stock-based compensation, shares		994
Contribution of services	319		319
Warrants issued associated with Contingent Equity Agreement	5,955		5,955
Common stock issued in connection with conversions of 8.00% Notes	942		942
Common stock issued in connection with conversions of 8.00% Notes, shares		773
Warrants exercised associated with the 8.00% Notes	1,064		1,064
Warrants exercised associated with the 8.00% Notes, shares		575
Issuance of stock in connection with interest payments for 8.00% Notes	572		572
Issuance of stock in connection with interest payments for 8.00% Notes, shares		1,300
Issuance of stock in connection with contingent consideration	1,827		1,827
Issuance of stock in connection with contingent consideration, shares		1,857
Issuance of warrants and beneficial conversion feature associated with 5.0% Notes	24,868		24,868
Issuance of stock for legal settlements and other transactions	644		644
Issuance of stock for legal settlements and other transactions, shares		566
Issuance of nonvoting stock to Thermo for contingent equity draws	17,750	$ 4	17,746
Issuance of nonvoting stock to Thermo for contingent equity draws, shares		36,606
Issuance of stock through employee stock purchase plan	175		175
Issuance of stock through employee stock purchase plan, shares		428
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(2,832)			(2,832)
Net loss	(54,924)				(54,924)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2011	533,795	$ 35	792,584	(3,100)	(255,724)
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2011		353,058
Net issuance of restricted stock awards and recognition of stock-based compensation	706		706
Net issuance of restricted stock awards and recognition of stock-based compensation, shares		711
Contribution of services	529		529
Warrants issued associated with Contingent Equity Agreement	8,079		8,079
Common stock issued in connection with conversions of 8.00% Notes	1,338		1,338
Common stock issued in connection with conversions of 8.00% Notes, shares		1,903
Warrants exercised associated with the 8.00% Notes	420		420
Warrants exercised associated with the 8.00% Notes, shares		191
Issuance of stock in connection with interest payments for 8.00% Notes	912	$ 1	911
Issuance of stock in connection with interest payments for 8.00% Notes, shares		2,737
Issuance of stock in connection with contingent consideration	2,209	$ 1	2,208
Issuance of stock in connection with contingent consideration, shares		5,232
Issuance of stock for legal and consulting services	24		24
Issuance of nonvoting stock to Thermo for contingent equity draws	57,250	$ 12	57,238
Issuance of nonvoting stock to Thermo for contingent equity draws, shares		124,310
Issuance of stock through employee stock purchase plan	138		138
Issuance of stock through employee stock purchase plan, shares		944
Other comprehensive income (loss)	1,342			1,342
Net loss	(112,198)				(112,198)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	$ 494,544	$ 49	$ 864,175	$ (1,758)	$ (367,922)
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2012		489,086

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS € in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
Net loss	$ (112,198)	$ (54,924)	$ (97,467)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion	69,801	50,049	27,418
Change in fair value of derivative assets and liabilities	(6,974)	(23,839)	29,975
Stock-based compensation expense	793	1,995	878
Amortization of deferred financing costs	7,907	3,673	3,355
Reduction in the value of long-lived assets and inventory	8,615	12,404	16,014
Provisions for bad debts	1,097	1,995	774
Noncash interest and accretion expense	6,525
Loss on equity method investments	335	420	927
Contract termination charge	22,048
Other, net	1,239	2,517	161
Unrealized foreign currency loss	1,456	1,001
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable	(2,875)	(978)	(5,201)
Inventory	(1,018)	4,252	(1,402)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	855	354	526
Other assets	5,427	(1,485)	(4,217)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	3,431	(1,291)	(2,798)
Payables to affiliates	(148)	(332)	163
Other non-current liabilities	(224)	(173)	1,428
Deferred revenue	782	(1,141)	532
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	6,874	(5,503)	(23,338)
Cash flows used in investing activities:
Second-generation satellites, ground and related launch costs	(56,679)	(85,589)	(201,124)
Property and equipment additions	(781)	(2,594)	(7,286)
Investment in businesses	(550)	(800)	(1,110)
Restricted cash		(10,436)	4,129
Net cash used in investing activities	(58,010)	(99,419)	(205,391)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Borrowings from Facility Agreement	7,375	18,659	188,417
Proceeds from Contingent Equity Account	45,800	14,200
Proceeds from the issuance of 5.0% convertible notes		38,000
Borrowings from subordinated loan agreement		12,500
Payment of deferred financing costs	(1,033)	(1,246)	(70)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and exercise of warrants	244	525	6,323
Net cash from financing activities	52,386	82,638	194,670
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	591	(782)	(805)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	1,841	(23,066)	(34,864)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	9,951	33,017	67,881
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	11,792	9,951	33,017
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	27,383	19,357	17,193
Cash paid for income taxes	223	97	111
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing and investing activities:
Reduction in accrued second-generation satellites and ground costs	10,214	4,798	37,590
Increase in capitalized accrued interest for second-generation satellites and ground costs	2,752	1,529	1,666
Capitalization of the accretion of debt discount and amortization of prepaid financing costs	15,680	24,200	23,256
Capitalized interest paid in common stock on the 5% and 8% Notes	5,594	4,605	3,790
Payments made in Common Stock	2,354	2,287
Reduction in assets and liabilities due to note conversions and warrant exercises	1,812	1,538	7,685
Conversion of contingent equity account derivative liability to equity	5,853	5,955	11,940
Value of warrants issued in connection with the contingent equity account loan fee	2,226	8,318	9,717
Recognition of a beneficial conversion feature and contingent put feature on long-term debt		18,603
Value of warrants issued in connection with raising capital and debt		8,081
Conversion of convertible notes into common stock	$ 2,000	$ 1,000	$ 6,335

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES [Abstract]

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Business

Globalstar, Inc. ("Globalstar" or the "Company") was formed as a Delaware limited liability company in November 2003 and was converted into a Delaware corporation on March 17, 2006.

Globalstar is a leading provider of Mobile Satellite Services ("MSS") including voice and data communications services globally via satellite. Globalstar's first-generation network, originally owned by Globalstar, L.P. ("Old Globalstar"), was designed, built and launched in the late 1990s by a technology partnership led by Loral Space and Communications ("Loral") and Qualcomm Incorporated ("Qualcomm"). On February 15, 2002, Old Globalstar and three of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. In 2004, Thermo Capital Partners LLC ("Thermo") became Globalstar's principal owner, and Globalstar completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Old Globalstar. Thermo remains Globalstar's largest stockholder. Globalstar's Executive Chairman and CEO controls Thermo and its affiliates. Two other members of Globalstar's Board of Directors are also directors, officers or minority equity owners of various Thermo entities.

The Company's satellite communications business, by providing critical mobile communications to subscribers, serves principally the following markets: recreation and personal; government; public safety and disaster relief; oil and gas; maritime and fishing; natural resources, mining and forestry; construction; utilities; and transportation.

Globalstar currently provides the following communications services via satellite:

	•	two-way voice communication and data transmissions ("Duplex") between mobile or fixed devices; and
	•	one-way data transmissions between a mobile or fixed device that transmits its location or other telemetry information and a central monitoring station, which includes the SPOT family of consumer market products ("SPOT") and commercial Simplex products.

The equipment Globalstar offers to customers consists principally of:

	•	Duplex two-way voice and data products;
	•	Consumer retail SPOT products; and
	•	Commercial Simplex one-way transmission products.

Globalstar provides Duplex, SPOT and Simplex products and services to customers directly and through resellers and independent gateway operators ("IGOs").

Use of Estimates in Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from estimates. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year consolidated financial statements to conform to current year presentation. The Company evaluates estimates on an ongoing basis. Significant estimates include the value of derivative instruments, the allowance for doubtful accounts, the net realizable value of inventory, the useful life and value of property and equipment, the value of stock-based compensation, the reserve for product warranties, and income taxes.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Globalstar and all its subsidiaries. All significant inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in the consolidation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash is comprised of funds held in escrow by the agent for the Company's senior secured facility agreement (the "Facility Agreement") to secure the Company's principal and interest payment obligations under certain circumstances related to its Facility Agreement. In January 2013, the agent for the Company's Facility Agreement permitted the Company to withdraw $9.8 million to pay certain capital expenditure costs for the fourth launch of the Company's second-generation satellites from the debt service reserve account that were in excess of the required balance. Generally, the required balance represents the sum of certain future principal and interest payments under the Facility Agreement. The Company classifies restricted cash for certain debt instruments consistent with the classification of the related debt outstanding at the end of the reporting period.

Derivative Instruments

The Company enters into financing arrangements that are hybrid instruments that contain embedded derivative features. Derivative instruments are recognized as either assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets and are measured at fair value with gains or losses recognized in earnings. Embedded derivatives that are not clearly and closely related to the host contract are bifurcated and recognized at fair value with changes in fair value recognized as either a gain or loss in earnings if they can be reliably measured. The Company determines the fair value of derivative instruments based on available market data using appropriate valuation models provided by independent valuation experts.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash. Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash consist primarily of highly liquid short-term investments deposited with financial institutions that are of high credit quality.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are uncollateralized, without interest and consist primarily of on-going service revenue and equipment receivables. The Company performs on-going credit evaluations of its customers and records specific allowances for bad debts based on factors such as current trends, the length of time the receivables are past due and historical collection experience. Accounts receivable are considered past due in accordance with the contractual terms of the arrangements. Accounts receivable balances that are determined likely to be uncollectible are included in the allowance for doubtful accounts. After all attempts to collect a receivable have failed, the receivable is written off against the allowance.

The following is a summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Balance at beginning of period	$	7,296		$	5,971		$	5,735
Provision, net of recoveries		1,097			1,995			519
Write-offs and other adjustments		(1,726	)		(670	)		(283	)
Balance at end of period	$	6,667		$	7,296		$	5,971

Inventory

Inventory consists of purchased products, including fixed and mobile user terminals and accessories. Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is computed using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method which determines the acquisition cost on a FIFO basis. Inventory write-downs are measured as the difference between the cost of inventory and the market value, and are recorded as a cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory. At the point of any inventory write downs to market, a new, lower cost basis for that inventory is established, and any subsequent changes in facts and circumstances do not result in the restoration of the former cost basis or increase in that newly established cost basis. Product sales and returns from the previous 12 months and future demand forecasts are reviewed and excess and obsolete inventory is written off. A liability is recorded for firm, noncancelable, and unconditional purchase commitments with contract manufacturers and suppliers for quantities in excess of future demand forecasts consistent with the valuation of excess and obsolete inventory. Inventory allowances are recorded for inventories with a lower market value. In recognition of change in the market and obsolescence, the Company wrote down the value of inventory by $1.4 million, $8.8 million and $10.9 million in the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively.

Property and Equipment

The Globalstar System includes costs for the design, manufacture, test, and launch of a constellation of low earth orbit satellites (the "Space Component"), and primary and backup control centers and gateways (the "Ground Component"). Property and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation.

Costs associated with the design, manufacture, test and launch of the Company's Space and Ground Components are capitalized. Capitalized costs associated with the Company's Space Component, Ground Component, and other assets are tracked by fixed asset category and are allocated to each asset as it comes into service. When a second-generation satellite is incorporated into the second-generation constellation, the Company begins depreciation on the date the satellite is placed into service, which is the point that the satellite reaches its orbital altitude, over its estimated useful life.

The Company capitalizes interest costs associated with the construction of its Space and Ground Components. Capitalized interest is added to the cost of the underlying asset and is amortized over the useful life of the asset after it is placed into service. As the status of the Company's construction in progress decreases, specifically due to the Company placing second-generation satellites into service, the Company will record interest expense under GAAP as the construction in progress balance comes to completion.

Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, as follows:

Globalstar System:
Space component		6.5 years from commencement of service for the first-generation satellites launched in 2007
		15 years from the commencement of service for the second-generation satellites
Ground component		Up to periods of 15 years from commencement of service
Furniture, fixtures & equipment		3 to 10 years
Leasehold improvements		Shorter of lease term or the estimated useful lives of the improvements
Buildings		18 years

The Company evaluates the appropriateness of estimated useful lives assigned to property and equipment and revises such lives to the extent warranted by changing facts and circumstances. When adjustments are made to the estimated useful lives, the remaining carrying amount of these satellites is depreciated prospectively over the remaining useful lives.

For assets that are sold or retired, including satellites that are de-orbited and no longer providing services, the estimated cost and accumulated depreciation is removed from property and equipment.

The Company assesses the impairment of long-lived assets when indicators of impairment are present. Recoverability of assets is measured by comparing the carrying amounts of the assets to the future undiscounted cash flows, excluding financing costs. If impairment is determined to exist, any related impairment loss is calculated based on fair value. The Company records losses from the in-orbit failure of a satellite in the period it is determined that the satellite is not recoverable.

Deferred Financing Costs

These costs represent costs incurred in obtaining long-term debt. These costs are amortized as additional interest expense over the term of the corresponding debt, or the first put option date for the convertible notes. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company had net deferred financing costs of $51.5 million and $53.5 million, respectively. Approximately $6.3 million, $3.7 million, and $3.4 million of deferred financing costs were recorded as interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The Company classifies deferred financing costs consistent with the classification of the related debt outstanding at the end of the reporting period.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company recognizes compensation expense in the financial statements for both employee and non-employee share-based awards based on the grant date fair value of those awards. Additionally, stock-based compensation expense includes an estimate for pre-vesting forfeitures and is recognized over the requisite service periods of the awards on a straight-line basis, which is generally commensurate with the vesting term.

Asset Retirement Obligation

Liabilities arising from legal obligations associated with the retirement of long-lived assets are measured at fair value and recorded as a liability. Upon initial recognition of a liability for retirement obligations, the Company records an asset, which is depreciated over the life of the asset to be retired.

The Company capitalizes, as part of the carrying amount, the estimated costs associated with the eventual retirement of gateways owned by the Company. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company had accrued approximately $1.0 million and $0.9 million, respectively, for asset retirement obligations. The Company believes this estimate will be sufficient to satisfy the Company's obligation under leases to remove the gateway equipment and restore the sites to their original condition.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amount of accounts receivable and accounts payable is equal to or approximates fair value. The Company believes it is not practicable to determine the fair value of its long-term debt. Unlike typical long-term debt, interest rates and other terms for long-term debt are not readily available and generally involve a variety of factors, including due diligence by the debt holders. As such, it is not practicable to determine the fair value of long-term debt without incurring significant additional costs. It is estimated that the fair value of long-term debt is less than its carrying amount.

Revenue Recognition and Deferred Revenues

Duplex

For Duplex customers and resellers, the Company recognizes revenue for monthly access fees in the period services are rendered. Access fees represent the minimum monthly charge for each line of service based on its associated rate plan. The Company also recognizes revenue for airtime minutes in excess of the monthly access fees in the period such minutes are used. Under certain annual plans where customers prepay for minutes, revenue is deferred until the minutes are used or the prepaid time period expires. Unused minutes are accumulated until they expire, usually one year after activation. In addition, the Company offers other annual plans whereby the customer is charged an annual fee to access the Company's system. These fees are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the plan. In some cases, the Company charges a per minute rate whereby it recognizes the revenue when each minute is used.

Credits granted to customers are expensed or charged against revenue or deferred revenue upon issuance.

Certain subscriber acquisition costs, including such items as dealer commissions, internal sales commissions and equipment subsidies, are expensed at the time of the related sale.

SPOT and Simplex

The Company sells SPOT and Simplex services as annual plans or multi-year plans and defers and recognizes revenue ratably over the service term, beginning when the service is activated by the customer. Royalty payments are deferred and recognized as expense over the contract term.

IGOs

The Company owns and operates its satellite constellation and earns a portion of its revenues through the sale of airtime minutes or data on a wholesale basis to IGOs. Revenue from services provided to IGOs is recognized based upon airtime minutes used by customers of the IGOs and contractual fee arrangements. Where collection is uncertain, revenue is recognized when cash payment is received.

Equipment

Subscriber equipment revenue represents the sale of fixed and mobile user terminals, accessories and SPOT and Simplex products. The Company recognizes revenue upon shipment provided title and risk of loss have passed to the customer, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the fee is fixed and determinable and collection is probable.

Other

At times, the Company will sell subscriber equipment through multi-element contracts that bundle subscriber equipment with services. When the Company sells subscriber equipment and services in bundled arrangements and determines that it has separate units of accounting, the Company will allocate the bundled contract price among the various contract deliverables based on each deliverable's relative fair value. The Company will determine vendor specific objective evidence of fair value by assessing sales prices of subscriber equipment and services when they are sold to customers on a stand-alone basis.

The Company does not record sales taxes collected from customers in revenue.

The Company provides certain engineering services to assist customers in developing new applications related to its system. The revenues associated with these services are recorded when the services are rendered, and the expenses are recorded when incurred. The Company records revenues and costs associated with long term engineering contracts on the percentage-of-completion method of accounting.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development costs were $0.3 million, $1.9 million, and $3.7 million for 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. These costs are expensed as incurred as cost of services and primarily include the cost of new product development, chip set design, software development and engineering.

Advertising Expenses

Advertising costs were $1.9 million, $2.0 million, and $2.6 million for 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. These costs are expensed as incurred as marketing, general, and administrative expenses.

Warranty Expense

Warranty terms extend from 90 days on equipment accessories to one year for fixed and mobile user terminals. An accrual is made when it is estimable and probable that a loss has been incurred based on historical experience. Warranty costs are based on historical trends in warranty charges as a percentage of gross product shipments. A provision for estimated future warranty costs is recorded as cost of sales when products are shipped. The resulting accrual is reviewed regularly and periodically adjusted to reflect changes in warranty cost estimates.

Foreign Currency

The functional currency of the Company's foreign consolidated subsidiaries is their local currency. Assets and liabilities of its foreign subsidiaries are translated into United States dollars based on exchange rates at the end of the reporting period. Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates prevailing during the reporting period. For 2012, 2011, and 2010, the foreign currency translation adjustments recorded were $1.3 million, $0.4 million, and $1.5 million, respectively. These adjustments are classified in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss.

Foreign currency transaction losses were $2.0 million, $0.5 million, and $0.1 million for 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. These were classified as other income (expense) on the statement of operations.

In February 2013, the Venezuelan government devalued its currency. The Company does not expect this devaluation to have a material effect on its results of operations.

Income Taxes

Until January 1, 2006, the Company and its U.S. operating subsidiaries were treated as partnerships for U.S. tax purposes. Generally, taxable income or loss, deductions and credits of the partnerships were passed through to the partners. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company elected to be taxed as a C corporation for U.S. tax purposes, and the Company and its U.S. operating subsidiaries began accounting for income taxes as a corporation.

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis, operating losses and tax credit carry-forwards. The Company measures deferred tax assets and liabilities using tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The Company recognizes the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

The Company also recognizes valuation allowances to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. In assessing the likelihood of realization, management considers: (i) future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences; (ii) future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carry-forwards; (iii) taxable income in prior carry-back year(s) if carry-back is permitted under applicable tax law; and (iv) tax planning strategies.

Comprehensive Loss

All components of comprehensive loss, including the minimum pension liability adjustment and foreign currency translation adjustment, are reported in the financial statements in the period in which they are recognized. Comprehensive income (loss) is defined as the change in equity during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources.

Loss Per Share

The Company is required to present basic and diluted earnings per share. Basic loss per share is computed by dividing loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. For 2012, 2011, and 2010, diluted net loss per share of common stock was the same as basic net loss per share of common stock, because the effects of potentially dilutive securities are anti-dilutive.

At December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, 17.3 million Borrowed Shares, as defined, related to the Company's Share Lending Agreement remained outstanding. The Company does not consider the Borrowed Shares outstanding for the purposes of computing and reporting its earnings per share.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2011-12, "Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05." This ASU defers the changes in ASU 2011-05 that relate to the presentation of reclassification adjustments and supersedes certain pending paragraphs. ASU 2011-12 will be applied retrospectively. ASU 2011-12 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. This adoption has been reflected in the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05, "Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income." This ASU amends the FASB Accounting Standards Codification ("Codification") to allow an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In both choices, an entity is required to present each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders' equity. The amendments to the Codification in the ASU do not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. ASU 2011-05 will be applied retrospectively. ASU 2011-05 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. This adoption has been reflected in the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. The amendments in this ASU generally represent clarification of Topic 820, but also include instances where a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or disclosing information about fair value measurements has changed. This update results in common principles and requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in accordance with GAAP and IFRS. The amendments are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and are to be applied prospectively. This adoption did not have an impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

MANAGEMENT'S PLANS REGARDING FUTURE OPERATIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

MANAGEMENT'S PLANS REGARDING FUTURE OPERATIONS [Abstract]

MANAGEMENT'S PLANS REGARDING FUTURE OPERATIONS

2. MANAGEMENT'S PLANS REGARDING FUTURE OPERATIONS

Current sources of liquidity include cash on hand, cash flows from operations, funds available in its Facility Agreement (subject to certain restrictions, see Note 4 for further discussion), funds available from the Company's Terrapin equity line agreement, interest earned from funds previously held in the Company's contingent equity account and amounts held in its debt service reserve account. These sources of liquidity are not sufficient to meet the Company's existing contractual obligations over the next 12 months. The Company's financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates continuity of operations, realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the uncertainty associated with the items discussed below, except as otherwise disclosed. In order to continue as a going concern, the Company must obtain additional external financing; amend the Facility Agreement and certain other contractual obligations; and restructure the 5.75% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes (the "5.75% Notes"). In addition, substantial uncertainties remain related to the Company's noncompliance with certain of the Facility Agreement's covenants (see Note 4 for further discussion) and the impact and timing of the Company's plans to improve operating cash flows and to restructure its contractual obligations. If the resolution of these uncertainties materially and negatively impacts cash and liquidity, the Company's ability to continue to execute its business plans will be adversely affected.

Further, the Company's longer-term business plan includes making improvements to its constellation, ground infrastructure, and releasing new products. To execute these longer-term plans successfully, the Company will need to obtain additional external financing to fund these expenditures. Although the Company is seeking this financing and is continuing to address requirements with contractors, there is no guarantee that these efforts will be successful given the scope, complexity, cost and risk of completing the construction of the space and ground components of its second-generation constellation and the development of marketable new products. Accordingly, the Company is not in a position to provide an estimate of when, or if, these longer-term plans will be completed and the effect this will have on the Company's performance and liquidity.

In each of the previous three years, the Company has generated operating losses, which has adversely affected the Company's liquidity. The Company developed a plan to improve operations; complete and maintain the second-generation constellation and next-generation ground upgrades; and obtain additional financing.

As further described below, the Company has taken the following steps pursuant to its plan.

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Reduced operating expenses by, among other things, streamlining its supply chain and other operations, consolidating its world-wide operations, including the completion of the relocation of its corporate headquarters to Covington, Louisiana, and simplifying its product offerings.

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Increased revenues by transitioning legacy Duplex customers to more profitable plans, commensurate with the Company's improved service coverage, and by streamlining its Simplex and SPOT product offerings and targeting them to the consumer and enterprise markets.

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Successfully launched all of its second-generation satellites.

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Entered into a $30.0 million equity line agreement with Terrapin Opportunity L.P ("Terrapin").

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Drew $60.0 million from its contingent equity account.

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Obtained lender agreement to defer principal payments previously due to begin in June 2012 to June 2013 on its Facility Agreement.

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Settled disputes with Thales Alenia Space ("Thales") regarding prior contractual issues.

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Negotiated agreements with third parties to restart operations at certain existing Globalstar gateways, as well as constructing new Globalstar gateways, around the world to make coverage in areas commercially viable.

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Uploaded the AOCS software solution to one second-generation satellite that was previously taken out of commercial service due to the momentum wheel anomaly discussed further in Note 8. This solution is available to any satellite that is affected by a similar momentum wheel issue.

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Implemented sales and marketing programs designed to take advantage of the continued expansion of the Company's Duplex coverage.

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Commenced a proceeding before the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") seeking authority to utilize the Company's spectrum to offer terrestrial communications services separate and apart from, but coordinated with, its satellite-based communications services without fulfilling the gating requirements of the FCC's ATC regulations.

The Company believes that these actions, combined with additional actions included in its operating plan, will result in improved cash flows from operations, provided the significant uncertainties described in the first two paragraphs of this footnote are successfully resolved. These additional actions include, among other things, the following:

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Continuing to identify and pursue opportunities to construct new gateways in areas of the world where the Company has not previously operated.

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Continuing to pursue numerous opportunities in the field of aviation; including next-generation "space-based" air traffic management services, in association with the Company's technology partner, ADS-B Technologies, LLC.

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Completing second-generation ground infrastructure upgrades that will permit the Company to offer a new suite of consumer and enterprise products that leverage the Company's new, inexpensive chip architecture.

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Continuing to control operating expenses while redirecting available resources to the marketing and sale of product offerings.

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Improving its key business processes and leveraging its information technology platform.

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Introducing new and innovative Simplex and Duplex products to the market that will further drive sales volume and revenue.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consists of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Globalstar System:
Space component	$	934,900		$	532,487
Ground component		49,089			49,109
Construction in progress:
Space component		299,209			650,920
Ground component		84,423			80,071
Prepaid long-lead items and other		17,920			18,028
Total Globalstar System		1,385,541			1,330,615
Internally developed and purchased software		14,414			14,052
Equipment		12,800			12,333
Land and buildings		4,003			4,152
Leasehold improvements		1,512			1,402
		1,418,270			1,362,554
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(203,114	)		(144,836	)
	$	1,215,156		$	1,217,718

Amounts in the table above consist primarily of costs incurred related to the construction of the Company's second-generation constellation, related launch services and ground upgrades. Amounts included in the Company's construction in progress - space component balance as of December 31, 2012 consist primarily of costs related to the remaining second-generation satellites launched in February 2013. The estimated cost per satellite will be transferred out of construction in progress as each satellite is placed into commercial service.

Capitalized Interest and Depreciation Expense

The following tables summarize capitalized interest for the periods indicated below (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012		2011

Total Interest Capitalized	$	216,477	$	176,361

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010

Current Period Interest Capitalized	$	40,116	$	54,139	$	47,122

The following table summarizes depreciation expense for the periods indicated below (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010

Depreciation Expense	$	67,289	$	46,952	$	24,435

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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LONG-TERM DEBT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

LONG-TERM DEBT [Abstract]

LONG-TERM DEBT

4. LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012				December 31, 2011
	Principal		Carrying		Principal		Carrying
	Amount		Value		Amount		Value

Facility Agreement	$	585,670	$	585,670	$	578,295	$	578,295
Subordinated Loan		53,499		49,822		47,384		43,255
5.0% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes		40,920		16,701		38,949		13,077
8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes		48,228		28,632		47,516		25,203
5.75% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes		71,804		70,204		71,804		64,058
Total Debt		800,121		751,029		783,948		723,888
Less: Current Portion		657,474		655,874		-		-
Long-Term Debt	$	142,647	$	95,155	$	783,948	$	723,888

The table above represents the principal amount and carrying value of long-term debt at December 31, 2012 and 2011. The principal amounts shown above include payment of in kind interest, if any. The carrying value is net of any discounts to the loan amounts at issuance, as further described below, including accretion.

Facility Agreement

On June 5, 2009, the Company entered into a $586.3 million Facility Agreement with a syndicate of bank lenders, including BNP Paribas, Natixis, Société Générale, Caylon, Crédit Industriel et Commercial as arrangers and BNP Paribas as the security agent and agent for the Company's Facility Agreement. COFACE, the French export credit agency, has provided a 95% guarantee to the lending syndicate of the Company's obligations under the Facility Agreement.

The facility will mature 84 months after the first principal repayment date, as amended. Semi-annual principal repayments are scheduled to begin on June 30, 2013. The facility bears interest at a floating LIBOR rate, plus a margin of 2.07% through December 2012, increasing to 2.25% through December 2017, and 2.40% thereafter.

The Company's obligations under the facility are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by all of its domestic subsidiaries and are secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of the assets of the Company and its domestic subsidiaries (other than their FCC licenses), including patents and trademarks, 100% of the equity of the Company's domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the equity of certain foreign subsidiaries. The Facility Agreement contains customary events of default and requires that the Company satisfy various financial and nonfinancial covenants. If the Company violates any of these covenants and is unable to obtain waivers, the Company would be in default under the agreement and payment of the indebtedness could be accelerated or prohibit the Company from utilizing the Facility Agreement until the default has been remediated. The acceleration of the Company's indebtedness under one agreement may permit acceleration of indebtedness under other agreements that contain cross-acceleration provisions

Amounts repaid under the Facility Agreement may not be reborrowed. The Company must repay the loans (a) in full upon a change in control or (b) partially (i) if there are excess cash flows on certain dates, (ii) upon certain insurance and condemnation events and (iii) upon certain asset dispositions. The Facility Agreement includes covenants that (a) require the Company to maintain a minimum liquidity amount after the second repayment date, a minimum adjusted consolidated EBITDA, a minimum debt service coverage ratio and a maximum net debt to adjusted consolidated EBITDA ratio and (b) place limitations on the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur debt, create liens, dispose of assets, carry out mergers and acquisitions, make loans, investments, distributions or other transfers and capital expenditures or enter into certain transactions with affiliates. The Company is permitted to make cash payments under the terms of its 5.75% Notes. The Facility Agreement requires the Company to fund a total of $46.8 million to the debt service reserve account. The use of the funds in this account is restricted to making principal and interest payments on the Facility Agreement. The minimum required balance, not to exceed $46.8 million, fluctuates over time based on the timing of principal and interest payment dates. As of December 31, 2012, the entire amount of $46.8 million is recorded in restricted cash. In January 2013, the agent for the Company's Facility Agreement permitted the Company to withdraw from the debt service reserve account $8.9 million that were in excess of the required balance to pay capital expenditure costs for the fourth launch of the Company's second-generation satellites.

During the second quarter of 2012, the Company received two reservation of rights letters from the agent for the Company's Facility Agreement identifying potential existing defaults of certain non-financial covenants in the Facility Agreement that may have occurred as a result of the Thales arbitration ruling and the subsequent settlement agreements reached with Thales related to the arbitration. The letters indicated that the lenders were evaluating their position with respect to the potential defaults. During the evaluation process, the lenders did not permit funding of the remaining $3.0 million available under the Facility Agreement for the remaining milestone payments on the second-generation satellites to Thales or allow the Company to draw funds from the contingent equity account.

On October 12, 2012, the Company entered into Waiver Letter No. 11, which permitted the Company to make a draw from the contingent equity account. In the waiver letter the Company acknowledged the lenders' conclusion that events of default did occur as a result of the Company entering into settlement agreements with Thales related to the arbitration ruling. As of the date of this Report, the agent for the Company's Facility Agreement has not notified the Company of the lenders' intention to accelerate the debt; however, the borrowings have been shown as current on the December 31, 2012 balance sheet in accordance with applicable accounting rules. Globalstar is currently working with the lenders to seek all necessary waivers or amendments associated with existing events of default, but there can be no assurance that it will be successful. In October 2012, the lenders permitted $2.3 million of the amount available under the Facility Agreement to be used to make a milestone payment to Thales. In November and December 2012, the lenders permitted the Company to continue to withdraw funds available in the contingent equity account. The lenders currently are not permitting funding of the remaining $0.7 million available under the Facility to pay to Thales for the remaining milestone payments on the second-generations satellites to Thales.

Due to the launch delays, the Company expects that it may not be in compliance with certain financial and nonfinancial covenants specified in the Facility Agreement during the next 12 months. If the Company cannot obtain either a waiver or an amendment, the failure to comply with these covenants would represent an additional event of default.

Contingent Equity Agreement

On June 19, 2009, the Company entered into a Contingent Equity Agreement with Thermo whereby Thermo agreed to deposit $60.0 million into a contingent equity account to fulfill a condition precedent for borrowing under the Facility Agreement. Under the terms of the Facility Agreement, the Company has the right to make draws from this account if and to the extent it has an actual or projected deficiency in its ability to meet obligations due within a forward-looking 90-day period. Thermo has pledged the contingent equity account to secure the Company's obligations under the Facility Agreement.

The Contingent Equity Agreement provides that the Company will pay Thermo an availability fee of 10% per year for maintaining funds in the contingent equity account. This annual fee is payable solely in warrants to purchase common stock at $0.01 per share with a five-year exercise period from issuance. The number of shares issuable under the warrants is calculated by taking the outstanding funds available in the contingent equity account multiplied by 10% divided by the lower of the Company's common stock price on the issuance date or $1.37, but not to be lower than $0.20. Prior to June 19, 2012, the common stock price is subject to a reset provision on certain valuation dates subsequent to issuance whereby the warrant price used in the calculation will be the lower of the warrant price on the issuance date or the Company's common stock price on the valuation date. The Company determined that the warrants issued in conjunction with the availability fee were derivatives and recorded the value of the derivatives as a component of other non-current liabilities, at issuance. The offset was recorded in other assets and was amortized over the one year availability period. The warrants issued on June 19, 2012 are not subject to a reset provision subsequent to issuance and are therefore not considered a derivative instrument. The value of the warrants issued was recorded as equity and the offset was recorded in other assets and is being amortized over the one-year availability period.

When the Company makes draws on the contingent equity account, it issues Thermo shares of common stock calculated using a price per share equal to 80% of the average closing price of the common stock for the 15 trading days immediately preceding the draw. The 20% discount on the value of the shares issued to Thermo is treated as a deferred financing cost and is amortized over the remaining term of the Facility Agreement. The Company drew the entire $60.0 million from this account as of December 31, 2012. Approximately $1.1 million of interest earned from the funds previously held in this account was available to the Company at December 31, 2012.

The following table summarizes as of December 31, 2012 the balance of and the draws on the contingent equity account (dollars in thousands) and the related warrants and shares issued to Thermo since origination of the agreement:

	Available				Warrants		Shares
	Amount		Draws		Issued		Issued
June 19, 2009 (1)	$	60,000	$	-		4,379,562		-
December 31, 2009 (2)		60,000		-		2,516,990		-
June 19, 2010 (1)		60,000		-		4,379,562		-
June 19, 2011 (2)		60,000		-		620,438		-
June 19, 2011 (1)		60,000		-		5,000,000		-
November 4, 2011 (3)		54,600		5,400		-		11,376,404
November 30, 2011 (3)		45,800		8,800		-		25,229,358
January 11, 2012 (3)		36,000		9,800		-		22,546,012
March 23, 2012 (3)		27,300		8,700		-		14,135,615
May 30, 2012 (3)		22,800		4,500		-		14,204,545
June 19, 2012 (2)		22,800		-		16,428,571		-
June 19, 2012 (1), (4)		22,800		-		8,142,857		-
October 15, 2012 (3)		15,500		7,300		-		20,338,039
November 23, 2012 (3)		8,525		6,975		-		25,141,538
December 31, 2012 (3)		-		8,525		-		27,944,712
December 31, 2012	$	-	$	60,000		41,467,980		160,916,223

	(1)	Warrants to purchase common stock were issued to Thermo for the annual availability fee pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
	(2)	Additional warrants were issued to Thermo due to the reset provisions in the Contingent Equity Agreement.
	(3)	Shares of common stock were issued to Thermo resulting from the Company's draws on the contingent equity account pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
	(4)	Warrants issued on June 19, 2012 are not subject to the reset provisions in the Contingent Equity Agreement.

On June 19, 2010, the warrants issued on June 19, 2009 and on December 31, 2009 were no longer variable, and the related $11.9 million liability was reclassified to equity. On June 19, 2011, the warrants issued on June 19, 2010 were no longer variable, and the related $6.0 million liability was reclassified to equity. On June 19, 2012, the warrants issued on June 19, 2011 were no longer variable, and the related $5.9 million liability was reclassified to equity.

As of December 31, 2012, no warrants issued in connection with the Contingent Equity Agreement had been exercised.

No voting common stock is issuable if it would cause Thermo and its affiliates to own more than 70% of the Company's outstanding voting stock. The Company may issue nonvoting common stock in lieu of common stock to the extent issuing common stock would cause Thermo and its affiliates to exceed this 70% ownership level.

Subordinated Loan

On June 25, 2009, the Company entered into a Loan Agreement with Thermo whereby Thermo agreed to lend the Company $25 million for the purpose of funding the debt service reserve account required under the Facility Agreement. This loan is subordinated to, and the debt service reserve account is pledged to secure, all of the Company's obligations under the Facility Agreement. Amounts deposited in the debt service reserve account are restricted to payments due under the Facility Agreement, unless otherwise authorized by the lender.

The loan accrues interest at 12% per annum, which is capitalized and added to the outstanding principal in lieu of cash payments. The Company will make payments to Thermo only when permitted under the Facility Agreement. The loan becomes due and payable six months after the obligations under the Facility Agreement have been paid in full, the Company has a change in control or any acceleration of the maturity of the loans under the Facility Agreement occurs. As additional consideration for the loan, the Company issued Thermo a warrant to purchase 4,205,608 shares of common stock at $0.01 per share with a five-year exercise period. No voting common stock is issuable upon such exercise if such issuance would cause Thermo and its affiliates to own more than 70% of the Company's outstanding voting stock. The Company may issue nonvoting common stock in lieu of common stock to the extent issuing common stock would cause Thermo and its affiliates to exceed this 70% ownership level.

The Company determined that the warrant was an equity instrument and recorded it as a part of stockholders' equity with a corresponding debt discount of $5.2 million, which is netted against the principal amount of the loan. The Company is accreting the debt discount associated with the warrant to interest expense over the term of the loan agreement using an effective interest method. As of December 31, 2012, the remaining debt discount was $3.7 million, and $16.0 million of interest was outstanding; these are included in long-term debt on the Company's consolidated balance sheet.

5.00% Convertible Senior Notes

In June 2011, the Company issued $38.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the 5.0% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes (the "5.0% Notes") and warrants (the "5.0% Warrants") to purchase 15,200,000 shares of voting common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.25 per share. The 5.0% Notes are convertible into shares of common stock at an initial conversion price of $1.25 per share of common stock, or 800 shares of the Company's common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the 5.0% Notes, subject to adjustment in the manner set forth in the Indenture. The 5.0% Notes are guaranteed on a subordinated basis by substantially all of the Company's domestic subsidiaries, on an unconditional joint and several basis, pursuant to a Guaranty Agreement. The 5.0% Warrants are exercisable until five years after their issuance. The 5.0% Notes and 5.0% Warrants have anti-dilution protection in the event of certain stock splits or extraordinary share distributions, and a reset of the conversion and exercise price on April 15, 2013 if the Company's common stock is below the initial conversion and exercise price at that time.

The 5.0% Notes are senior unsecured debt obligations of the Company and rank pari passu with the Company's existing 5.75% and 8.00% Convertible Senior Notes and are subordinated to the Company's obligations pursuant to its Facility Agreement. There is no sinking fund for the 5.0% Notes. The 5.0% Notes will mature at the earlier to occur of (i) December 14, 2021, or (ii) six months following the maturity date of the Facility Agreement and bear interest at a rate of 5.0% per annum. Interest on the Notes will be payable in-kind semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year. Under certain circumstances, interest on the 5.0% Notes will be payable in cash at the election of the holder if such payments are permitted under the Facility Agreement.

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, the 5.0% Notes will be subject to repurchase for cash at the option of the holders of all or any portion of the 5.0% Notes upon a fundamental change at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 5.0% Notes, plus a make-whole payment and accrued and unpaid interest, if any. A fundamental change will occur upon certain changes in the ownership of the Company or certain events relating to the trading of the common stock.

Holders may convert their 5.0% Notes into voting common stock at their option at any time. Upon conversion of the 5.0% Notes, the Company will pay the holders of the 5.0% Notes a make-whole premium by increasing the number of shares of common stock delivered upon such conversion. The number of additional shares constituting the make-whole premium per $1,000 principal amount of 5.0% Notes will equal the quotient of (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Securities so converted multiplied by 25.00%, less the aggregate interest paid on such Securities prior to the applicable Conversion Date divided by (ii) 95% of the volume-weighted average Closing Price of the Common Stock for the 10 trading days immediately preceding the conversion date.

No 5.0% Notes have been converted and no 5.0% Warrants have been exercised since their initial issuance in 2011.

The Indenture contains customary financial reporting requirements and also contains restrictions on the issuance of additional indebtedness, liens, loans and investments, dividends and other restricted payments, mergers, asset sales, certain transactions with affiliates and layering of debt. The Indenture also provides that upon certain events of default, including without limitation failure to pay principal or interest, failure to deliver a notice of fundamental change, as defined, failure to convert the 5.0% Notes when required, defaults under other material indebtedness and failure to pay material judgments, either the trustee or the holders of 20% in aggregate principal amount of the 5.0% Notes may declare the principal of the 5.0% Notes and any accrued and unpaid interest through the date of such declaration immediately due and payable. In the case of certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency relating to the Company or its significant subsidiaries, the principal amount of the 5.0% Notes and accrued interest automatically will become due and payable. The Company was in compliance with the terms of the Indenture as of December 31, 2012.

The Company evaluated the various embedded derivatives resulting from the conversion rights and features within the Indenture for bifurcation from the 5.0% Notes. Due to the provisions and reset features in the 5.0% Warrants, the Company recorded the 5.0% Warrants as equity with a corresponding debt discount which is netted against the face value of the 5.0% Notes. The Company is accreting the debt discount associated with the 5.0% Warrants to interest expense over the term of the 5.0% Warrants using the effective interest rate method. The Company determined the relative fair value of the 5.0% Warrants using a Monte Carlo simulation model based upon a risk-neutral stock price model.

The Company evaluated the conversion option within the convertible notes to determine whether the conversion price was beneficial to the note holders. The Company recorded a beneficial conversion feature ("BCF") related to the issuance of the 5.0% Notes. The BCF for the 5.0% Notes is recognized and measured by allocating a portion of the proceeds to beneficial conversion feature, based on relative fair value, and as a reduction to the carrying amount of the convertible instrument equal to the intrinsic value of the conversion feature. The Company is accreting the discount recorded in connection with the BCF valuation as interest expense over the term of the 5.0% Notes, using the effective interest rate method.

The Company netted the debt discount associated with the 5.0% Warrants, the beneficial conversion feature, and the contingent put feature against the face value of the 5.0% Notes to determine the carrying amount of the 5.0% Notes. The accretion of debt discount will increase the carrying amount of the debt over the term of the 5.0% Notes. The Company allocated the proceeds at issuance as follows (in thousands):

Debt	$	11,316
Fair value of 5.0% Warrants		8,081
Beneficial Conversion Feature		17,100
Contingent Put Feature		1,503
Face Value of 5.0% Notes	$	38,000

8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes

On June 19, 2009, the Company sold $55.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes (the "8.00% Notes") and Warrants (the "8.00% Warrants") to purchase 15.3 million shares of the Company's common stock. The 8.00% Notes are subordinated to all of the Company's obligations under the Facility Agreement. The 8.00% Notes are the Company's senior unsecured debt obligations and, except as described in the preceding sentence, rank pari passu with its existing unsecured, unsubordinated obligations, including its 5.75% Notes and 5.0% Notes. The 8.00% Notes mature at the later of the tenth anniversary of closing (June 19, 2019) or six months following the maturity date of the Facility Agreement and bear interest at a rate of 8.00% per annum. Interest on the 8.00% Notes is payable in the form of additional 8.00% Notes or, subject to certain restrictions, in common stock at the option of the holder. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year.

The 8.00% Warrants have full ratchet anti-dilution protection and the exercise price of the Warrants is subject to adjustment under certain other circumstances. In the event of certain transactions that involve a change of control, the holders of the 8.00% Warrants have the right to make the Company purchase the Warrants for cash, subject to certain conditions. The exercise period for the 8.00% Warrants began on December 19, 2009 and will end on June 19, 2014.

Holders may convert their 8.00% Notes at any time. If the Company issues or sells shares of its common stock at a price per share less than the base conversion price on the trading day immediately preceding such issuance or sale subject to certain limitations, the base conversion rate will be adjusted lower based on a formula described in the supplemental indenture governing the 8.00% Notes. However, no adjustment to the base conversion rate shall be made if it would cause the Base Conversion Price to be less than $1.00. No adjustment to the Base Conversion Rate will be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the Base Conversion Rate. If the adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change the Base Conversion Rate by at least 1%, then the adjustment that is not made will be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment. All required calculations will be made to the nearest cent of 1/1,000^th of a share, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) upon any conversion of 8.00% Notes (solely with respect to 8.00% Notes to be converted), (ii) on every one year anniversary from the Issue Date of the 8.00% Notes and (iii) on the Stated Maturity for the payment of principal of the 8.00% Notes, the Company will give effect to all adjustments that have otherwise been deferred, and those adjustments will no longer be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment. If at any time the closing price of the common stock exceeds 200% of the conversion price of the 8.00% Notes then in effect for 30 consecutive trading days, all of the outstanding 8.00% Notes will be automatically converted into common stock. Upon certain automatic and optional conversions of the 8.00% Notes, the Company will pay holders of the 8.00% Notes a make-whole premium by increasing the number of shares of common stock delivered upon such conversion. The number of additional shares per $1,000 principal amount of 8.00% Notes constituting the make-whole premium shall be equal to the quotient of (i) the aggregate principal amount of the 8.00% Notes so converted multiplied by 32.00%, less the aggregate interest paid on such Securities prior to the applicable Conversion Date divided by (ii) 95% of the volume-weighted average Closing Price of the common stock for the 10 trading days immediately preceding the Conversion Date.

The current exercise price of the 8.00% Warrants is $0.32 and the base conversion price of the 8.00% Notes is $1.59.

As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, approximately $17.6 million and $15.6 million of the 8.00% Notes had been converted resulting in the issuance of approximately 16.1 million and 14.2 million shares of common stock, respectively.

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the supplemental indenture, if certain changes of control of the Company or events relating to the listing of the common stock occur (a "fundamental change"), the 8.00% Notes are subject to repurchase for cash at the option of the holders of all or any portion of the 8.00% Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 8.00% Notes, plus a make-whole payment and accrued and unpaid interest, if any. Holders that require the Company to repurchase 8.00% Notes upon a fundamental change may elect to receive shares of common stock in lieu of cash. Such holders will receive a number of shares equal to (i) the number of shares they would have been entitled to receive upon conversion of the 8.00% Notes, plus (ii) a make-whole premium of 12% or 15%, depending on the date of the fundamental change and the amount of the consideration, if any, received by the Company's stockholders in connection with the fundamental change.

The indenture governing the 8.00% Notes contains customary financial reporting requirements. The indenture also provides that upon certain events of default, including without limitation failure to pay principal or interest, failure to deliver a notice of fundamental change, failure to convert the 8.00% Notes when required, acceleration of other material indebtedness and failure to pay material judgments, either the trustee or the holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the 8.00% Notes may declare the principal of the 8.00% Notes and any accrued and unpaid interest through the date of such declaration immediately due and payable. In the case of certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency relating to the Company or its significant subsidiaries, the principal amount of the 8.00% Notes and accrued interest automatically becomes due and payable. The Company was not in default under the 8.00% Notes as of December 31, 2012.

The Company evaluated the various embedded derivatives resulting from the conversion rights and features within the Indenture for bifurcation from the 8.00% Notes. The conversion rights and features could not be excluded from bifurcation as a result of being clearly and closely related to the 8.00% Notes or were not indexed to the Company's common stock and could not be classified in stockholders' equity if freestanding. The Company recorded this compound embedded derivative liability as a component of other non-current liabilities on its consolidated balance sheets with a corresponding debt discount which is netted against the face value of the 8.00% Notes.

The Company is accreting the debt discount associated with the compound embedded derivative liability to interest expense over the term of the 8.00% Notes using an effective interest rate method. The fair value of the compound embedded derivative liability is being marked-to-market at the end of each reporting period, with any changes in value reported in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company determined the fair value of the compound embedded derivative using a Monte Carlo simulation model.

Due to the cash settlement provisions and reset features in the 8.00% Warrants, the Company recorded the 8.00% Warrants as a component of other non-current liabilities on its consolidated balance sheet with a corresponding debt discount which is netted with the face value of the 8.00% Notes. The Company is accreting the debt discount associated with the 8.00% Warrants liability to interest expense over the term of the 8.00% Notes using an effective interest rate method. The fair value of the 8.00% Warrants liability is being marked-to-market at the end of each reporting period, with any changes in value reported in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company determined the fair value of the 8.00% Warrants derivative using a Monte Carlo simulation model.

The Company allocated the proceeds received from the 8.00% Notes among the conversion rights and features, the detachable 8.00% Warrants and the remainder to the underlying debt. The Company netted the debt discount associated with the conversion rights and features and 8.00% Warrants against the face value of the 8.00% Notes to determine the carrying amount of the 8.00% Notes. The accretion of debt discount will increase the carrying amount of the debt over the term of the 8.00% Notes. The Company allocated the proceeds at issuance as follows (in thousands):

Fair value of compound embedded derivative	$	23,542
Fair value of Warrants		12,791
Debt		18,667
Face Value of 8.00% Notes	$	55,000

5.75% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes

The Company issued $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Notes pursuant to a Base Indenture and a Supplemental Indenture each dated as of April 15, 2008. The 5.75% Notes are senior unsecured debt obligations of the Company. The 5.75% Notes mature on April 1, 2028 and bear interest at a rate of 5.75% per annum. Interest on the 5.75% Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year.

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, the 5.75% Notes are subject to repurchase for cash at the option of the holders of all or any portion of the 5.75% Notes (i) on each of April 1, 2013, April 1, 2018 and April 1, 2023 or (ii) upon a fundamental change, both at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 5.75% Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. A fundamental change will occur upon certain changes in the ownership of the Company, or certain events relating to the trading of the Company's common stock.

Holders may convert their 5.75% Notes into shares of common stock at their option at any time prior to maturity, subject to the Company's option to deliver cash in lieu of all or a portion of the shares. The 5.75% Notes are convertible at an initial conversion rate of 166.1 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of 5.75% Notes (equal to $6.02 per share), subject to adjustment.

In 2008, $36.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Notes, or 24% of the 5.75% Notes originally issued, were converted into common stock. The Company also exchanged an additional $42.2 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Notes, or 28% of the 5.75% Notes originally issued for a combination of common stock and cash. The Company has issued approximately 23.6 million shares of its common stock and paid a nominal amount of cash for fractional shares in connection with the conversions and exchanges. In addition, the holders whose 5.75% Notes were converted or exchanged received an early conversion make whole amount of approximately $9.3 million representing the next five semi-annual interest payments that would have become due on the converted 5.75% Notes, which was paid from funds in an escrow account maintained for the benefit of the holders of 5.75% Notes. In the exchanges, 5.75% Note holders received additional consideration in the form of cash payments or additional shares of the Company's common stock in the amount of approximately $1.1 million to induce exchanges. After these transactions, approximately $71.8 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Notes remain outstanding at December 31, 2012 and 2011. As of December 31, 2012, the carrying value of the 5.75% Notes is classified as a current debt obligation on the Company's consolidated balance sheet because the first put option will occur within the next 12 months.

Holders who convert their 5.75% Notes in connection with certain events occurring on or prior to April 1, 2013 constituting a "make whole fundamental change" (as defined in the Supplemental Indentures) will be entitled to an increase in the conversion rate as specified in the indenture governing the 5.75% Notes. The number of additional shares by which the applicable base conversion rate will be increased will be determined pursuant to the agreement and is based on the date on which the make whole fundamental change becomes effective (the effective date) and the price (the stock price) paid, or deemed paid, per share of the Company's common stock in the make whole fundamental change, subject to adjustment. If the holders of common stock receive only cash in a make whole fundamental change, the stock price will be the cash amount paid per share of the Company's common stock. Otherwise, the stock price will be the average of the closing sale prices of the Company's common stock for each of the 10 consecutive trading days prior to, but excluding, the relevant effective date.

Notwithstanding the make whole premium pursuant to the agreement, the base conversion rate will not exceed 241.0 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of 5.75% Notes, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the base conversion rate.

Except as described above with respect to holders of 5.75% Notes who convert their 5.75% Notes prior to April 1, 2013, there is no circumstance in which holders could receive cash in addition to the maximum number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the 5.75% Notes.

If the Company makes at least 10 scheduled semi-annual interest payments, the 5.75% Notes are subject to redemption at the Company's option at any time on or after April 1, 2013, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 5.75% Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

The indenture governing the 5.75% Notes contains customary financial reporting requirements and also contains restrictions on mergers and asset sales. The indenture also provides that upon certain events of default, including without limitation failure to pay principal or interest, failure to deliver a notice of fundamental change, failure to convert the 5.75% Notes when required, acceleration of other material indebtedness and failure to pay material judgments, either the trustee or the holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the 5.75% Notes may declare the principal of the 5.75% Notes and any accrued and unpaid interest through the date of such declaration immediately due and payable. In the case of certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency relating to the Company or its significant subsidiaries, the principal amount of the 5.75% Notes and accrued interest automatically becomes due and payable. The Company was not in default under the 5.75% Notes as of December 31, 2012.

On March 4, 2013 the Company filed a tender offer statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and mailed a notice to the holders of the 5.75% Notes as required by the Indenture and First Supplemental Indenture, between the Company and the trustee for the Company's 5.75% Notes advising the holders of their right to sell their 5.75% Notes to the Company for cash equal to their principal amount on April 1, 2013. The Company lacks sufficient liquidity to purchase the 5.75% Notes as described in Note 2 and is seeking additional capital or alternative arrangements to avoid an event of default through failing to purchase the 5.75% Notes that are tendered.

Share Lending Agreement

Concurrently with the offering of the 5.75% Notes, the Company entered into a share lending agreement (the "Share Lending Agreement") with Merrill Lynch International (the "Borrower"), pursuant to which the Company agreed to lend up to 36,144,570 shares of common stock (the "Borrowed Shares") to the Borrower, subject to certain adjustments, for a period ending on the earliest of (i) at the Company's option, at any time after the entire principal amount of the 5.75% Notes ceases to be outstanding, (ii) the written agreement of the Company and the Borrower to terminate, (iii) the occurrence of a Borrower default, at the option of Lender, and (iv) the occurrence of a Lender default, at the option of the Borrower. Pursuant to the Share Lending Agreement, upon the termination of the share loan, the Borrower must return the Borrowed Shares to the Company. Upon the conversion of 5.75% Notes (in whole or in part), a number of Borrowed Shares proportional to the conversion rate for such notes must be returned to the Company. At the Company's election, the Borrower may deliver cash equal to the market value of the corresponding Borrowed Shares instead of returning to the Company the Borrowed Shares otherwise required by conversions of 5.75% Notes.

Pursuant to and upon the terms of the Share Lending Agreement, the Company will issue and lend the Borrowed Shares to the Borrower as a share loan. The Borrowing Agent also is acting as an underwriter with respect to the Borrowed Shares, which are being offered to the public. The Borrowed Shares included approximately 32.0 million shares of common stock initially loaned by the Company to the Borrower on separate occasions, delivered pursuant to the Share Lending Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement, and an additional 4.1 million shares of common stock that, from time to time, may be borrowed from the Company by the Borrower pursuant to the Share Lending Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement and subsequently offered and sold at prevailing market prices at the time of sale or negotiated prices. The Borrowed Shares are free trading shares. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, approximately 17.3 million Borrowed Shares remained outstanding. As of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the unamortized amount of issuance costs associated with the Share Lending Agreement was $0.4 million and $2.3 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2012, the unamortized issuance costs are classified as a current asset on the Company's consolidated balance sheet, which is consistent with the classification of the related 5.75% Notes as a current debt obligation, as further discussed above.

The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Borrowed Shares pursuant to the Share Lending Agreement, and it will not receive any proceeds from any future sale. The Borrower has received all of the proceeds from the sale of Borrowed Shares pursuant to the Share Lending Agreement and will receive all of the proceeds from any future sale.

The Borrowed Shares are treated as issued and outstanding for corporate law purposes, and accordingly, the holders of the Borrowed Shares will have all of the rights of a holder of the Company's outstanding shares, including the right to vote the shares on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company's stockholders and the right to receive any dividends or other distributions that the Company may pay or makes on its outstanding shares of common stock. However, under the Share Lending Agreement, the Borrower has agreed:

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To pay, within one business day after the relevant payment date, to the Company an amount equal to any cash dividends that the Company pays on the Borrowed Shares; and

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To pay or deliver to the Company, upon termination of the loan of Borrowed Shares, any other distribution, in liquidation or otherwise, that the Company makes on the Borrowed Shares.

To the extent the Borrowed Shares the Company initially lent under the share lending agreement and offered in the common stock offering have not been sold or returned to it, the Borrower has agreed that it will not vote any such Borrowed Shares. The Borrower has also agreed under the Share Lending Agreement that it will not transfer or dispose of any Borrowed Shares, other than to its affiliates, unless the transfer or disposition is pursuant to a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act. However, investors that purchase the shares from the Borrower (and any subsequent transferees of such purchasers) will be entitled to the same voting rights with respect to those shares as any other holder of the Company's common stock.

On December 18, 2008, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Share Lending Agreement with the Borrower and the Borrowing Agent. Pursuant to Amendment No.1, the Company has the option to request the Borrower to deliver cash instead of returning Borrowed Shares upon any termination of loans at the Borrower's option, at the termination date of the Share Lending Agreement or when the outstanding loaned shares exceed the maximum number of shares permitted under the Share Lending Agreement. The consent of the Borrower is required for any cash settlement, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, subject to the Borrower's determination of applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or other internal policies. Any loans settled in shares of Company common stock will be subject to a return fee based on the stock price as agreed by the Company and the Borrower. The return fee will not be less than $0.005 per share or exceed $0.05 per share.

The Company evaluated the various embedded derivatives within the Indenture for bifurcation from the 5.75% Notes. These embedded derivatives were either (i) excluded from bifurcation as a result of being clearly and closely related to the 5.75% Notes or are indexed to the Company's common stock and would be classified in stockholders' equity if freestanding or (ii) the fair value of the embedded derivatives was estimated to be immaterial.

Terrapin Opportunity, L.P. Common Stock Purchase Agreement

On December 28, 2012 the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement with Terrapin Opportunity, L.P. ("Terrapin") pursuant to which the Company may, subject to certain conditions, require Terrapin to purchase up to $30.0 million of shares of Globalstar voting common stock over the 24-month term following the effectiveness of a resale registration statement. This type of arrangement is sometimes referred to as a committed equity line financing facility. From time to time over the 24-month term, and in the Company's sole discretion, the Company may present Terrapin with up to 36 draw down notices requiring Terrapin to purchase a specified dollar amount of shares of Globalstar voting common stock, based on the price per share per day over 10 consecutive trading days (a "Draw Down Period"). The per share purchase price for these shares equals the daily volume weighted average price of Globalstar common stock on each date during the Draw Down Period on which shares are purchased, less a discount ranging from 3.5% to 8.0% based on a minimum price that the Company solely specifies. In addition, in the Company's sole discretion, but subject to certain limitations, the Company may require Terrapin to purchase a percentage of the daily trading volume of its common stock for each trading day during the Draw Down Period. In addition, the Company will not sell a number of shares of voting common stock which, when aggregated with all other shares of voting common stock then beneficially owned by Terrapin and its affiliates, would result in the beneficial ownership by Terrapin or any of its affiliates of more than 9.9% of the then issued and outstanding shares of voting common stock.

When the Company makes a draw under the Terrapin equity line agreement, it will issue Terrapin shares of common stock calculated using a price per share as specified in the agreement. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had not required Terrapin to purchase any shares of common stock.

Warrants Outstanding

As a result of the Company's borrowings described above, as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 there were warrants outstanding to purchase 122.5 million shares and 76.8 million shares, respectively, of the Company's voting common stock as shown in the table below:

	Outstanding Warrants December 31,				Strike Price December 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Contingent Equity Agreement (1)		41,467,980		16,896,552	$	0.01	$	0.01
Subordinated Loan		4,205,608		4,205,608		0.01		0.01
5.0% Notes (2)		15,200,000		15,200,000		1.25		1.25
8.00% Notes (3)		61,606,706		40,486,794		0.32		0.49
		122,480,294		76,788,954

	(1)	On certain valuation dates, additional warrants were issued due to reset provisions in the agreement.
	(2)	Subject to reset on April 15, 2013, if the Company's common stock is below the initial conversion and exercise price.
	(3)	According to the terms of the 8.00% Notes, additional 8.00% Warrants may be issued to holders if shares of common stock are issued below the then current warrant reset price ($0.32 as of December 31, 2012). During the second quarter of 2012, the Company issued stock at $0.32 per share, which was below the previous strike price of $0.49, in connection with the contingent consideration paid as part of the acquisition of Axonn LLC ("Axonn"). Given this transaction and the related provisions in the warrant agreements, the holders of the 8.00% Warrants received additional 8.00% Warrants to purchase 21.7 million more shares of common stock. No additional warrants were issued during the third or fourth quarter of 2012.

Maturities of long-term debt

Annual maturities of long-term debt for each of the five years following December 31, 2012 and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

2013	$	657,474
2014		-
2015		-
2016		-
2017		-
Thereafter		142,647
Total	$	800,121

Amounts in the above table are calculated based on current amounts outstanding at December 31, 2012.

The 5.75% Notes are subject to repurchase by the Company at the option of the holders on April 1, 2013. As of December 31, 2012 the estimated notional purchase price of the 5.75% Notes was $71.8 million, which the Company has included in 2013 maturities in the table above.

The Company was not in compliance with certain financial and nonfinancial covenants under the Facility Agreement as of December 31, 2012. As of the date of this Report, the agent for the Company's Facility Agreement has not notified the Company of its intention to accelerate the debt; however, the borrowings have been shown as current on the December 31, 2012 balance sheet in accordance with applicable accounting rules. All amounts due under the Facility Agreement are included in 2013 in the table above.

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DERIVATIVES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

DERIVATIVES [Abstract]

DERIVATIVES

5. DERIVATIVES

The following tables disclose the fair values and locations of the derivative instruments on the Company's consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Intangible and other assets:
Interest rate cap	$	84		$	255
Total intangible and other assets	$	84		$	255

Derivative liabilities:
Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes	$	(4,163	)	$	(7,111	)
Warrants issued with 8.00% Notes		(18,034	)		(22,673	)
Warrants issued in conjunction with Contingent Equity Agreement		-			(6,155	)
Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes		(2,978	)		(3,057	)
Total derivative liabilities	$	(25,175	)	$	(38,996	)

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Interest rate cap	$	(171	)	$	(745	)	$	(5,801	)
Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes		2,546			15,361			(10,676	)
Warrants issued with 8.00% Notes		4,218			6,687			(11,197	)
Warrants issued in conjunction with Contingent Equity Agreement		302			4,090			(2,301	)
Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes		79			(1,554	)		-
Total derivative gain (loss)	$	6,974		$	23,839		$	(29,975	)

None of the derivative instruments are designated as a hedge.

Interest Rate Cap

In June 2009, in connection with entering into the Facility Agreement, which provides for interest at a variable rate, the Company entered into five ten-year interest rate cap agreements. The interest rate cap agreements reflect a variable notional amount ranging from $586.3 million to $14.8 million at interest rates that provide coverage to the Company for exposure resulting from escalating interest rates over the term of the Facility Agreement. The interest rate cap provides limits on the six-month Libor rate ("Base Rate") used to calculate the coupon interest on outstanding amounts on the Facility Agreement of 4.00% from the date of issuance through December 2012. Thereafter, the Base Rate is capped at 5.50% should the Base Rate not exceed 6.5%. Should the Base Rate exceed 6.5%, the Company's Base Rate will be 1% less than the then six-month Libor rate. The Company paid an approximately $12.4 million upfront fee for the interest rate cap agreements. The interest rate cap did not qualify for hedge accounting treatment, and changes in the fair value of the agreements are included in the consolidated statements of operations.

Compound Embedded Conversion Option with 8.00% Notes

The Company recorded the conversion rights and features embedded within the 8.00% Notes as a compound embedded derivative liability on its consolidated balance sheet with a corresponding debt discount which is netted against the principal amount of the 8.00% Notes. The Company is accreting the debt discount associated with the compound embedded derivative liability to interest expense over the term of the 8.00% Notes using the effective interest rate method. The fair value of the compound embedded derivative liability is marked-to-market at the end of each reporting period, with any changes in value reported in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company determined the fair value of the compound embedded derivative using a Monte Carlo simulation model.

Warrants Issued with 8.00% Notes

Due to the cash settlement provisions and reset features in the 8.00% Warrants issued with the 8.00% Notes, the Company recorded the 8.00% Warrants as an embedded derivative liability on its consolidated balance sheet with a corresponding debt discount which is netted against the principal amount of the 8.00% Notes. The Company is accreting the debt discount associated with the warrant liability to interest expense over the term of the 8.00% Warrants using the effective interest rate method. The fair value of the warrant liability is marked-to-market at the end of each reporting period, with any changes in value reported in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company determined the fair value of the warrant derivative using a Monte Carlo simulation model.

Warrants Issued in Conjunction with Contingent Equity Agreement

Prior to June 19, 2012, the Company determined that the warrants issued in conjunction with the availability fee for the Contingent Equity Agreement were a liability at issuance. The offset was recorded in other non-current assets and was amortized over the one-year availability period. The fair value of the warrant liability was marked-to-market at the end of each reporting period, with any changes in value reported in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company determined the principal amount of the warrant derivative using a Monte Carlo simulation model.

On June 19, 2012, the Company issued additional warrants in conjunction with the availability fee for the Contingent Equity Agreement. This tranche of warrants is not subject to a reset provision and therefore is not marked-to-market at the end of each reporting period. The Company determined that the warrant was an equity instrument and recorded it as equity.

Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes

The Company evaluated the embedded derivative resulting from the contingent put feature within the Indenture for bifurcation from the 5.0% Notes. The contingent put feature was not deemed clearly and closely related to the 5.0% Notes and was bifurcated as a standalone derivative. The Company recorded this embedded derivative liability as a non-current liability on its consolidated balance sheets with a corresponding debt discount which is netted against the principal amount of the 5.0% Notes. The fair value of the contingent put feature liability is marked-to-market at the end of each reporting period. The Company determined the fair value of the contingent put feature derivative using a Monte Carlo simulation model based upon a risk-neutral stock price model.

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS [Abstract]

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

6. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Company follows the authoritative guidance for fair value measurements relating to financial and non-financial assets and liabilities, including presentation of required disclosures herein. This guidance establishes a fair value framework requiring the categorization of assets and liabilities into three levels based upon the assumptions (inputs) used to price the assets and liabilities. Level 1 provides the most reliable measure of fair value, whereas Level 3 generally requires significant management judgment. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Quoted prices in markets that are not active or inputs which are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3: Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (i.e., supported by little or no market activity).

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

The following table provides a summary of the financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):

	Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2012:
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)			Total Balance
Other assets:
Interest rate cap	$	-	$	84	$	-		$	84
Total other assets measured at fair value	$	-	$	84	$	-		$	84

Other liabilities:
Liability for contingent consideration	$	-	$	-	$	(3,916	)	$	(3,916	)
Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes		-		-		(4,163	)		(4,163	)
Warrants issued with 8.00% Notes		-		-		(18,034	)		(18,034	)
Contingent put feature embedded in 5.0% Notes		-		-		(2,978	)		(2,978	)
Total other liabilities measured at fair value	$	-	$	-	$	(29,091	)	$	(29,091	)

	Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2011:
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)			Total Balance
Other assets:
Interest rate cap	$	-	$	255	$	-		$	255
Total other assets measured at fair value	$	-	$	255	$	-		$	255

Other liabilities:
Liability for contingent consideration	$	-	$	-	$	(4,963	)	$	(4,963	)
Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes		-		-		(7,111	)		(7,111	)
Warrants issued with 8.00% Notes		-		-		(22,673	)		(22,673	)
Warrants issued with Contingent Equity Agreement		-		-		(6,155	)		(6,155	)
Contingent put feature embedded in 5.0% Notes		-		-		(3,057	)		(3,057	)
Total other liabilities measured at fair value	$	-	$	-	$	(43,959	)	$	(43,959	)

Interest Rate Cap

The fair value of the interest rate cap is determined using observable pricing inputs including benchmark yields, reported trades, and broker/dealer quotes at the reporting date. See Note 5 for further discussion.

Liability for Contingent Consideration

In connection with the acquisition of Axonn in December 2009, the Company is obligated to pay up to an additional $10.8 million in contingent consideration for earnouts based on sales of existing and new products over a five-year earnout period beginning January 1, 2010. The Company will make earnout payments in stock (not to exceed 10% of the Company's pre-transaction outstanding common stock), but at its option may make payments in cash after 13 million shares have been issued. The Company's initial estimate of the total earnout expected to be paid was $10.8 million. Since the earnout period started, the Company has made revisions to this estimate, which is currently $10.4 million. Through December 31, 2012, the Company had made $5.2 million in earnout payments by issuing 14,146,737 shares of voting common stock.

The fair value of the accrued contingent consideration was determined using a probability-weighted discounted cash flow approach at the acquisition date and reporting date. The approach is based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market, which are referred to as Level 3 inputs. The fair value is based on the Company reaching specific performance metrics through the remaining earnout period. The change in fair value of the contingent consideration is recorded through accretion expense in the Company's statements of operations.

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company's liability for contingent consideration are projected future sales of existing and new products as well as earnout payments made each quarter determined by actual product sales. Decreases in forecasted sales would result in a lower fair value measurement.

Compound Embedded Conversion Options with 8.00% Notes

The derivative liabilities in Level 3 include the compound embedded conversion option in the 8.00% Notes. See Note 5 for further discussion. The Company marks-to-market this liability at each reporting date with the changes in fair value recognized in the Company's statements of operations.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company utilized valuation models that rely exclusively on Level 3 inputs including, among other things: (i) the underlying features of the compound embedded conversion option, including payment in kind interest payments, make whole premiums, automatic conversions, and future equity issuances; (ii) stock price volatility ranges from 34% - 107%; (iii) risk-free interest rates ranges from 0.02% - 1.78%; (iv) base conversion price of $1.59; and (v) market price of common stock at the valuation date of $0.31.

As of December 31, 2011, the Company utilized valuation models that rely exclusively on Level 3 inputs including, among other things: (i) the underlying features of the compound embedded conversion option, including payment in kind interest payments, make whole premiums, automatic conversions, and future equity issuances; (ii) stock price volatility ranges from 35% - 103%; (iii) risk-free interest rates ranges from 0.01% - 1.89%; (iv) base conversion price of $1.61; and (v) market price of common stock at the valuation date of $0.54.

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company's compound embedded conversion option within the Company's 8.00% Notes are future equity issuances and expected volatility. In connection with the acquisition of Axonn in December 2009, the Company will make future earnout payments in stock. In connection with the Terrapin common stock agreement in December 2012, the Company may require Terrapin to purchase shares of common stock. Certain issuances of common stock may cause the base conversion rate of the 8.00% Notes to be adjusted, which will increase the fair value of the conversion option liability. The simulated fair value of this liability is also sensitive to changes in the Company's expected volatility. Decreases in expected volatility would result in a lower fair value measurement.

Warrants Issued with 8.00% Notes

The derivative liabilities in Level 3 include the 8.00% Warrants issued with the 8.00% Notes. See Note 5 for further discussion. The Company marks-to-market this liability at each reporting date with the changes in fair value recognized in the Company's statements of operations.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company utilized valuation models that rely exclusively on Level 3 inputs including, among other things: (i) the underlying features of the warrants issued, including reset features and future equity issuances; (ii) stock price volatility ranges from 34% - 107%; (iii) risk-free interest rates ranges from 0.02% - 1.78%; (iv) warrant exercise price of $0.32; and (v) market price of common stock at the valuation date of $0.31.

As of December 31, 2011, the Company utilized valuation models that rely exclusively on Level 3 inputs including, among other things: (i) the underlying features of the warrants issued, including reset features and future equity issuances; (ii) stock price volatility ranges from 35% - 103%; (iii) risk-free interest rates ranges from 0.01% - 1.89%; (iv) warrant exercise price of $0.49; and (v) market price of common stock at the valuation date of $0.54.

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company's 8.00% Warrants are future equity issuances and expected volatility. In connection with the acquisition of Axonn in December 2009, the Company will make future earnout payments in stock. In connection with the Terrapin common stock agreement in December 2012, the Company may require Terrapin to purchase shares of common stock. If the stock price on the issuance date is less than the current exercise price of the outstanding 8.00 % Warrants, additional warrants may be issued, which will increase the fair value of the warrant liability. The simulated fair value of this liability is also sensitive to changes in the Company's expected volatility. Decreases in expected volatility would result in a lower fair value measurement.

Warrants Issued with Contingent Equity Agreement

Prior to June 19, 2012, the derivative liabilities in Level 3 included the warrants issued with the contingent equity account. See Note 5 for further discussion. The Company marked-to-market this liability at each reporting date with the changes in fair value recognized in the Company's statements of operations.

On June 19, 2012, the Company issued warrants in conjunction with the availability fee for the Contingent Equity Agreement. This tranche of warrants is not subject to a reset provision and is not marked-to-market at the end of each reporting period.

As of December 31, 2011, the Company utilized valuation models that rely exclusively on Level 3 inputs including, among other things: (i) the underlying features of the warrants issued; (ii) stock price volatility of 108%; (iii) risk-free interest rates ranges from 0.01% - 0.83%; (iv) warrant price of $1.20; and (v) market price of common stock at the valuation date of $0.54.

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company's warrants issued with the Contingent Equity Agreement were the intrinsic value of the warrants and the Company's expected volatility. The intrinsic value of the warrants was sensitive to the Company's stock price on the issuance date and subsequent valuation dates. The closing stock price on June 19, 2012 was $0.28, which was lower than $1.20 per share, the price of the warrants issued on June 19, 2011. The lower price resulted in the Company issuing additional warrants on June 19, 2012. The simulated fair value of this liability was also sensitive to changes in the Company's expected volatility. Decreases in expected volatility resulted in a lower fair value measurement.

Contingent Put Feature Embedded in 5.0% Notes

The derivative liabilities in Level 3 include the contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes. See Note 5 for further discussion. The Company marks-to-market this liability at each reporting date with the changes in fair value recognized in the Company's statements of operations.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company utilized valuation models that rely exclusively on Level 3 inputs including, among other things: (i) the underlying features of the warrants issued including the probability of change of control of the Company, payment in kind interest and reset features; (ii) stock price volatility ranges from 34% - 107%; (iii) risk-free interest rates ranges from 0.02% - 1.78%; (iv) base conversion price of $1.25; and (v) market price of common stock at the valuation date of $0.31.

As of December 31, 2011, the Company utilized valuation models that rely exclusively on Level 3 inputs including, among other things: (i) the underlying features of the warrants issued including the probability of change of control of the Company, payment in kind interest and reset features; (ii) stock price volatility ranges from 35% - 103%; (iii) risk-free interest rates ranges from 0.01% - 1.89%; (iv) base conversion price of $1.25; and (v) market price of common stock at the valuation date of $0.54.

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company's contingent put feature embedded in the Company's 5.0% Notes are the assumed probability of a change of control occurring within each year through maturity of the 5.0% Notes and the Company's expected volatility. Significant increases or decreases in assumed probability of a change in control would result in a significant change in the fair value measurement. As the probability of change of control increases, the value of the liability also increases. The simulated fair value of this liability is also sensitive to changes in the Company's expected volatility. Decreases in expected volatility would result in a lower fair value measurement.

Level 3 Reconciliation

The following tables present a rollforward for all assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for 2012 and 2011 as follows (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2011	$	(43,959	)
Derivative adjustment related to conversions and exercises		824
Contingent equity warrant liability reclassified to equity		5,853
Earnout payments made related to liability for contingent consideration		2,208
Change in fair value of contingent consideration		(1,161	)
Unrealized gain, included in derivative gain (loss)		7,144
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	(29,091	)

Balance at December 31, 2010	$	(66,838	)
Issuance of contingent equity warrants		(8,313	)
Issuance of contingent put feature embedded in 5.0% Notes		(1,503	)
Derivative adjustment related to conversions and exercises		1,100
Contingent equity warrant liability reclassified to equity		5,955
Earnout payments made related to liability for contingent consideration		1,827
Change in fair value of contingent consideration		(771	)
Unrealized gain, included in derivative gain (loss)		24,584
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	(43,959	)

Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements

The Company follows the authoritative guidance regarding non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities that are remeasured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable.

The following table reflects the fair value measurements used in testing the impairment of long-lived assets at December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

	Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2012:
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total Losses
Other assets:
Property and equipment, net	$	-	$	-	$	1,215,156	$	7,218
Total	$	-	$	-	$	1,215,156	$	7,218

Impairment

For assets that are no longer providing service, the Company removes the estimated cost and accumulated depreciation from property and equipment. During the second quarter of 2012, the Company reduced the carrying value of its first-generation constellation by approximately $7.1 million. This loss, which primarily represents the impairment of long-lived assets during 2012, is recorded in operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2012.

The following table reflects the fair value measurements used in testing the impairment of long-lived assets at December 31, 2011 (in thousands):

	Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2011:
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total Losses
Other assets:
Property and equipment, net	$	-	$	-	$	1,217,718	$	2,669
Intangible and other assets, net		-		-		23,798		909
Total	$	-	$	-	$	1,241,516	$	3,578

Impairment

Capitalized costs related to the development of various retail products that were discontinued during the third quarter and capitalized costs related to the internal development of software were written down to its implied fair value, resulting in an impairment charge of $2.7 million. The carrying value of these costs prior to write down was $2.7 million and was included in property and equipment, net. The impairment charge is included in the Company's results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In 2011, intangible assets related to developed technology acquired from Axonn in 2009 were written down to fair value, resulting in an impairment charge of $0.9 million. These assets had a carrying value of $6.1 million prior to the write down. The impairment charge is included in the Company's results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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ACQUISITION OF AXONN

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

ACQUISITION OF AXONN [Abstract]

ACQUISITION OF AXONN

7. ACQUISITION OF AXONN

On December 18, 2009, Globalstar entered into an agreement with Axonn pursuant to which one of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Axonn in exchange for $1.5 million in cash and $5.5 million in shares of the Company's voting common stock (6,298,058 shares). Of these amounts, $500,000 in cash was withheld and used to cover expenses related to the voluntary replacement of first production models of the Company's SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger devices and warranty obligations related to other products. Prior to the acquisition, Axonn was the principal supplier of the Company's SPOT products.

As a result of the Axonn acquisition, the Company recorded other intangible assets of $7.6 million at December 31, 2009. During 2011, the Company wrote down the value of intangibles by $0.9 million due to the discontinuance of the sale of certain products resulting from a strategic decision to focus on core products and curtail substantially all on-going product development activities.

Intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012										December 31, 2011
	Gross		Write			Accumulated			Net		Gross		Write			Accumulated			Net
	Amount		Down			Amortization			Balance		Amount		Down			Amortization			Balance
Developed technology	$	5,300	$	(909	)	$	(3,156	)	$	1,235	$	5,300	$	(909	)	$	(2,428	)	$	1,963
Customer relationships		2,100		-			(1,558	)		542		2,100		-			(1,078	)		1,022
Trade name		200		-			(200	)		-		200		-			(200	)		-
Total	$	7,600		(909	)	$	(4,914	)	$	1,777	$	7,600	$	(909	)	$	(3,706	)	$	2,985

Developed technology, customer relationships, and trade name are amortized over the life of the related asset with weighted average lives of 10 years, 8 years, and 2 years, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 the Company recorded amortization expense of $1.2 million, $1.6 million, and $1.5 million, respectively. Amortization expense is recorded in operating expenses in the Company's consolidated statements of operations. Estimated annual amortization of intangible assets is approximately $0.7 million for 2013, $0.5 million for 2014, $0.3 million for 2015, $0.1 million for 2016 and $0.1 million thereafter, excluding the effects of any acquisitions, dispositions or write-downs subsequent to December 31, 2012.

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The entire disclosure for a business combination (or series of individually immaterial business combinations) completed during the period, including background, timing, and recognized assets and liabilities. The disclosure may include leverage buyout transactions (as applicable).

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COMMITMENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

COMMITMENTS [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS

8. COMMITMENTS

Contractual Obligations

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had purchase commitments with Thales, Arianespace, Ericsson Inc. ("Ericsson"), Hughes Network Systems, LLC ("Hughes") and other vendors related to the procurement and deployment of the second-generation network. The Company is obligated to make payments under these purchase commitments, as shown below (in thousands):

Years Ending December 31,
2013	$	59,110
2014		27,936
2015		12,057
2016		-
2017		-
Thereafter		-
Total purchase commitments	$	99,103

Second-Generation Satellites

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had a contract with Thales for the construction of the Company's second-generation low-earth orbit satellites and related services. The Company has successfully launched all of these second-generation satellites. Six satellites were launched in each of October 2010, July 2011, December 2011, and February 2013.

As discussed in Note 9, the Company and Thales may negotiate the terms of a follow-on contract for additional satellites, but the Company can provide no assurance as to whether it will ultimately agree on commercial terms for such a purchase.

In accordance with its plans, during October 2012, the Company successfully uploaded the AOCS software solution to the second-generation satellite that was previously taken out of service due to anomalous behavior with its momentum wheels. This satellite was placed back into service in November 2012. Although the Company does not expect this problem to arise in other satellites, this software solution can be uploaded to any satellite that may experience similar anomalous behaviors of its momentum wheels.

For assets that are no longer providing service, the Company removes the estimated cost and accumulated depreciation from property and equipment. During the second quarter of 2012, the Company reduced the carrying value of its first-generation constellation by approximately $7.1 million. This loss is recorded in operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2012.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had a contract with Arianespace for the launch of the Company's second-generation satellites and certain pre and post-launch services under which Arianespace agreed to make four launches of satellites. The Company has successfully completed all of these launches. The Company has also incurred additional costs which are owed to Arianespace for launch delays. These costs are included in the table above.

In December 2012, the Company entered into an agreement with Arianespace for one launch of additional satellites and certain pre and post-launch services. An initial payment is due upon the effective date of the contract, which is the close of a financing for additional satellites. If financing has not occurred by June 1, 2013, the contract will automatically be cancelled.

Next-Generation Gateways and Other Ground Facilities

In May 2008, the Company and Hughes entered into an agreement under which Hughes will design, supply and implement (a) the Radio Access Network (RAN) ground network equipment and software upgrades for installation at a number of the Company's satellite gateway ground stations and (b) satellite interface chips to be a part of the User Terminal Subsystem (UTS) in various next-generation Globalstar devices. The Company and Hughes have amended this agreement extending the performance, revising certain payment milestones and adding new features. The Company has the option to purchase additional RANs and other software and hardware improvements at pre-negotiated prices. The Company and Hughes have periodically amended their agreement to revise the program and payment milestones under the contract.

In December 2012, the Company entered into an agreement with Hughes to extend to March 28, 2013 the deadline to make payments previously due under the contract, provided the Company make payments of $0.2 million in January 2013 and $0.8 million in March 2013. The Company has made both payments. The deferred payments continue to incur interest at the rate of 10% per annum. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had recorded $17.9 million in accounts payable related to these required payments and had incurred and capitalized $72.7 million, excluding interest, of costs related to this contract. The costs are recorded as an asset in property and equipment. If the Company is unable to modify successfully the contract payment terms, the contract may be terminated, and the Company may be required to record an impairment charge. If the contract is terminated for convenience, the Company must make a final payment of $20.0 million in either cash or Company common stock at the Company's election. If the Company elects to make payment in common stock, Hughes will have the option either to accept the common stock or instruct the Company to complete a block sale of the common stock and deliver the proceeds to Hughes. If Hughes chooses to accept common stock, the number of shares it will receive will be calculated based on the final payment amount plus 5%.

In January 2013, the Company and Hughes amended the contract to extend the schedule of the RAN and UTS program and to revise the remaining payment milestones and program milestones to reflect the revised program timeline. This amendment extended certain payments previously due in 2013 to 2014 and beyond.

In October 2008, the Company signed an agreement with Ericsson, a leading global provider of technology and services to telecom operators. The Company and Ericsson have amended this contract to increase its obligations for additional deliverables and features. According to the contract, Ericsson will work with the Company to develop, implement and maintain a ground interface, or core network, system that will be installed at the Company's satellite gateway ground stations. The Company has the option to purchase additional core networks at pre-negotiated prices. The Company and Ericsson have amended their agreement to extend the deadline to make certain scheduled payments previously due under the contract.

In February 2013, the Company entered into an agreement with Ericsson which deferred to June 1, 2013 approximately $2.6 million in milestone payments scheduled under the contract, provided the Company make two payments of $0.1 million each in February 2013. The Company has made both payments. The remaining milestone payments previously due under the contract were deferred to later in 2013 and beyond. The deferred payments continue to incur interest at a rate of 6.5% per annum. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had recorded $2.6 million in accounts payable related to these required payments and has incurred and capitalized $6.8 million of costs related to this contract. The costs are recorded as an asset in property and equipment. If the Company is unable to modify successfully the contract payment terms, the contract may be terminated, and the Company may be required to record an impairment charge. If the contract is terminated for convenience, the Company must make a final payment of $10.0 million in either cash or Company common stock at the Company's election. If the Company elects to make payment in common stock, Ericsson will have the option either to accept the common stock or instruct the Company to complete a block sale of the common stock and deliver the proceeds to Ericsson. If Ericsson chooses to accept common stock, the number of shares it will receive will be calculated based on the final payment amount plus 5%.

The Company issued separate purchase orders for additional phone equipment and accessories under the terms of executed commercial agreements with Qualcomm. Within the terms of the commercial agreements, the Company paid Qualcomm approximately 7.5% to 25% of the total order price as advances for inventory. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, total advances to Qualcomm for inventory were $9.2 million. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company had outstanding commitment balances of $8.8 million for inventory held by Qualcomm. The Company and Qualcomm are interested in terminating the purchase orders and are negotiating to do so. The Company expects to negotiate the termination of this contract in 2013 and has not included these obligations in the table above.

Future Minimum Lease Obligations

The Company has noncancelable operating leases for facilities and equipment throughout the United States and around the world, including Louisiana, California, Florida, Texas, Canada, Ireland, France, Brazil, Panama, and Singapore. The leases expire on various dates through 2021. The following table presents the future minimum lease payments (in thousands) as of December 31, 2012, excluding possible lease payment reimbursement from the State of Louisiana pursuant to the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement the Company entered into with the Louisiana Department of Economic Development (See Note 17: Headquarters Relocation):

2013	$	1,597
2014		872
2015		815
2016		767
2017		776
Thereafter		1,403
Total minimum lease payments	$	6,230

Rent expense for 2012, 2011 and 2010 was approximately $2.0 million, $2.2 million and $2.1 million, respectively.

CONTINGENCIES	12 Months Ended
CONTINGENCIES	Dec. 31, 2012
CONTINGENCIES [Abstract]
CONTINGENCIES	9. CONTINGENCIES Arbitration On June 3, 2011, Globalstar filed a demand for arbitration against Thales before the American Arbitration Association to enforce certain rights to order additional satellites under the Amended and Restated Contract for the construction of the Globalstar Satellite for the Second Generation Constellation dated and executed in June 2009 ("2009 Contract"). Globalstar did not include within its demand any claims that it had against Thales for work previously performed under the contract to design, manufacture and timely deliver the first 25 second-generation satellites. On May 10, 2012, the arbitration tribunal issued its award in which it determined that Globalstar materially breached the contract by failing to pay to Thales termination charges in the amount of €51,330,875.00 by October 9, 2011, and that absent further agreement between the parties, Thales has no further obligation to manufacture or deliver satellites under Phase 3 of the 2009 Contract. The award also required Globalstar to pay Thales approximately €53 million in termination charges and interest by June 9, 2012. On May 23, 2012, Thales commenced an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by filing a petition to confirm the arbitration award (the "New York Proceeding"). Thales and the Company agreed to stay the New York Proceeding through March 5, 2013, while they attempt to complete the financing of the purchase of the additional satellites. Globalstar and Thales are currently seeking a further stay of the proceeding. Thales may seek to terminate the Settlement Agreement after February 28, 2013 and pursue the confirmation of the arbitration award in the New York Proceeding, which Globalstar will oppose. Should Thales be successful in confirming the arbitration award in the New York Proceeding, this would have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition and liquidity. On June 24, 2012, the Company and Thales agreed to settle their prior commercial disputes, including those disputes that were the subject of the arbitration award. In order to effectuate this settlement, the Company and Thales entered into a Release Agreement, a Settlement Agreement and a Submission Agreement. Under the terms of the Release Agreement, Thales agreed unconditionally and irrevocably to release and forever discharge the Company from any obligation to pay €35,623,770 of the termination charges awarded in the arbitration together with all interest on the award amount effective upon the earlier of December 31, 2012 and the effective date of the financing for the purchase of the additional second-generation satellites. Under the terms of the Release Agreement, Globalstar agreed unconditionally and irrevocably to release and forever discharge Thales from any and all claims related to Thales' work under the 2009 satellite construction contract, including any obligation to pay liquidated damages, effective upon the earlier of December 31, 2012 and the effective date of the financing for the purchase of the additional second-generation satellites. In connection with the Release Agreement, the Company recorded a contract termination charge of approximately €17.5 million which is recorded in the Company's financial statements for year ended December 31, 2012. The releases became effective on December 31, 2012. Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, Globalstar agreed to pay €17,530,000 to Thales, representing one-third of the termination charges awarded to Thales in the arbitration, subject to certain conditions, on the later of the effective date of the new contract for the purchase of additional second-generation satellites and the effective date of the financing for the purchase of these satellites. Any party may terminate the Settlement Agreement if the effective date of the new contract for the purchase of additional second-generation satellites does not occur on or prior to February 28, 2013. No satellite contract was in place as of March 1, 2013. If any party terminates the Settlement Agreement all parties' rights and obligations under the Settlement Agreement shall terminate. In September 2012, the Company entered into an agreement with Thales for the manufacture and delivery of additional satellites. Neither party was obligated to perform under the contract unless Globalstar obtained financing for at least 85% of the total contract price by December 31, 2012. Because the financing was not obtained by December 31, 2012, the contract terminated. The Company and Thales may negotiate the terms of a new contract for additional satellites. Under the terms of the Submission Agreement, the Company and Thales participated in an ad hoc arbitration proceeding to seek clarification of the award with respect to a €3,864,000 claim by Thales related to the Phase 2 satellites. In December 2012, the arbitrator determined that the amount was not due and the Company has no obligation to pay the claim. Litigation Due to the nature of the Company's business, the Company is involved, from time to time, in various litigation matters or subject to disputes or routine claims regarding its business activities. Legal costs related to these matters are expensed as incurred. In management's opinion, there is no pending litigation, dispute or claim, other than the New York Proceeding discussed above, that may have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.

ACCRUED EXPENSES AND NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

ACCRUED EXPENSES AND NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES [Abstract]

ACCRUED EXPENSES AND NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

10. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

Accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Accrued interest	$	5,620	$	2,774
Accrued compensation and benefits		4,076		3,567
Accrued property and other taxes		6,329		5,369
Accrued customer liabilities and deposits		2,961		3,176
Accrued professional and other service provider fees		1,006		1,826
Accrued liability for contingent consideration		2,585		2,020
Accrued commissions		685		513
Accrued telecommunications expenses		713		1,580
Accrued satellite and ground costs		373		5,776
Other accrued expenses		3,816		2,205
	$	28,164	$	28,806

Other accrued expenses primarily include outsourced logistics services, storage, inventory in transit, warranty reserve and maintenance.

The following is a summary of the activity in the warranty reserve account, which is included in other accrued expenses above (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Balance at beginning of period	$	179		$	56		$	150
Provision		293			361			109
Utilization		(237	)		(238	)		(203	)
Balance at end of period	$	235		$	179		$	56

Non-current liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Long-term accrued interest	$	457	$	242
Asset retirement obligation		998		926
Deferred rent		579		717
Liabilities related to the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the State of Louisiana		1,949		2,445
Long-term portion of liability for contingent consideration		1,332		2,944
Uncertain income tax positions		5,571		5,408
Foreign tax contingencies		4,994		4,762
	$	15,880	$	17,444

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Payables to Thermo and other affiliates relate to normal purchase transactions and were $0.2 million and $0.4 million at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Transactions with Thermo

Thermo incurs certain expenses on behalf of the Company. The table below summarizes the total expense for the periods indicated below (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
General and administrative expenses	$	180	$	208	$	371
Non-cash expenses		529		319		168
Total	$	709	$	527	$	539

General and administrative expenses are related to expenses incurred by Thermo on the Company's behalf which are charged to the Company. Non-cash expenses are related to services provided by two executive officers of Thermo (who are also directors of the Company) who receive no cash compensation from the Company which are accounted for as a contribution to capital. The Thermo expense charges are based on actual amounts (with no mark-up) incurred or upon allocated employee time.

Thermo and its affiliates have also deposited $60.0 million into a contingent equity account to fulfill a condition precedent for borrowing under the Facility Agreement, purchased $20.0 million of the Company's 5.0% Notes, purchased $11.4 million of the Company's 8.00% Notes, provided a $2.3 million short-term loan to the Company (which was subsequently converted into nonvoting common stock), and loaned $37.5 million to the Company to fund the debt service reserve account required by the Facility Agreement.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS [Abstract]

PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

12. PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Defined Benefit Plan

Until June 1, 2004, substantially all Old and New Globalstar employees and retirees who participated and/or met the vesting criteria for the plan were participants in the Retirement Plan of Space Systems/Loral (the "Loral Plan"), a defined benefit pension plan. The accrual of benefits in the Old Globalstar segment of the Loral Plan was curtailed, or frozen, by the administrator of the Loral Plan as of October 23, 2003. Prior to October 23, 2003, benefits for the Loral Plan were generally based upon contributions, length of service with the Company and age of the participant. On June 1, 2004, the assets and frozen pension obligations of the Globalstar Segment of the Loral Plan were transferred into a new Globalstar Retirement Plan (the "Globalstar Plan"). The Globalstar Plan remains frozen and participants are not currently accruing benefits beyond those accrued as of October 23, 2003. Globalstar's funding policy is to fund the Globalstar Plan in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code and regulations.

Defined Benefit Pension Obligation and Funded Status

Below is a reconciliation of projected benefit obligation, plan assets, and the funded status of the Company's defined benefit plan (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011
Change in projected benefit obligation:
Projected benefit obligation, beginning of year	$	17,812		$	15,275
Service cost		66			51
Interest cost		712			776
Actuarial loss		1,133			2,559
Benefits paid		(919	)		(849	)
Projected benefit obligation, end of year	$	18,804		$	17,812
Change in fair value of plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year	$	10,405		$	10,548
Return on plan assets		1,366			(131	)
Employer contributions		731			837
Benefits paid		(919	)		(849	)
Fair value of plan assets, end of year	$	11,583		$	10,405
Funded status, end of year- net liability	$	(7,221	)	$	(7,407	)

Net Benefit Cost and Amounts Recognized

Components of the net periodic benefit cost of the Company's contributory defined benefit pension plan were as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	$	66		$	51		$	78
Interest cost		712			776			789
Expected return on plan assets		(739	)		(791	)		(723	)
Amortization of unrecognized net actuarial loss		583			291			285
Total net periodic benefit cost	$	622		$	327		$	429

Amounts recognized in balance sheet were as follows (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Amounts recognized:
Funded status recognized in other non-current liabilities	$	(7,221	)	$	(7,407	)
Net actuarial loss recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss		7,969			8,047
Net amount recognized in retained deficit	$	748		$	640

Assumptions

The weighted-average assumptions used to determine the benefit obligation and net periodic benefit cost were as follows:

	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Benefit obligation assumptions:
Discount rate		3.75	%		4.00	%		5.25	%
Rate of compensation increase		N/A			N/A			N/A
Net periodic benefit cost assumptions:
Discount rate		4.00	%		5.25	%		5.60	%
Expected rate of return on plan assets		7.12	%		7.50	%		7.50	%
Rate of compensation increase		N/A			N/A			N/A

The assumptions, investment policies and strategies for the Globalstar Plan are determined by the Globalstar Plan Committee. The Globalstar Plan Committee is responsible for ensuring the investments of the plans are managed in a prudent and effective manner. Amounts related to the pension plan are derived from actuarial and other assumptions, including discount rates, mortality, expected rate of return, compensation increases, participant data and termination. The Company reviews assumptions on an annual basis and make adjustments as considered necessary. The actuarial loss recognized during 2012 was primarily due to the change in discount rate from 4.00% to 3.75%.

The expected long-term rate of return on pension plan assets is selected by taking into account the expected duration of the projected benefit obligation for the plans, the asset mix of the plan and the fact that the plan assets are actively managed to mitigate risk.

Plan Assets and Investment Policies and Strategies

The plan assets are invested in various mutual funds which have quoted prices. The plan has a target allocation. On a weighted-average basis, target allocations for equity securities range from 50% to 60%, for debt securities 25% to 50% and for other investments 0% to 15%. The defined benefit pension plan asset allocation as of the measurement date presented as a percentage of total plan assets were as follows:

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Equity securities		56	%		57	%
Debt securities		33			31
Other investments		11			12
Total		100	%		100	%

The fair values of the Company's pension plan assets as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 by asset category were as follows (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012
	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
United States equity securities	$	5,189	$	-	$	5,189	$	-
International equity securities		1,297		-		1,297		-
Fixed income securities		3,779		-		3,779		-
Other		1,318		-		1,318		-
Total	$	11,583	$	-	$	11,583	$	-

	December 31, 2011
	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
United States equity securities	$	4,816	$	-	$	4,816	$	-
International equity securities		1,106		-		1,106		-
Fixed income securities		3,277		-		3,277		-
Other		1,206		-		1,206		-
Total	$	10,405	$	-	$	10,405	$	-

Accumulated Benefit Obligation

The accumulated benefit obligation of the defined benefit pension plan recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss was $7.9 million and $8.0 million at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Benefits Payments and Contributions

The benefit payments to retirees over the next ten years are expected to be paid as follows (in thousands):

2013	$	964
2014		981
2015		970
2016		963
2017		958
2018 - 2023		4,985

For 2012 and 2011, the Company contributed $0.7 million and $0.8 million, respectively, to the Globalstar Plan.

401(k) Plan

The Company has a defined contribution employee savings plan, or "401(k)," which provides that the Company may match the contributions of participating employees up to a designated level. Under this plan, the matching contributions were approximately $0.1 million, $0.3 million, and $0.5 million for 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. Due to an effort to reduce operating costs, the Company no longer matched employee contributions for substantially all of its employees beginning in the fourth quarter of 2011.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for pension and other postretirement benefits.

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TAXES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

TAXES [Abstract]

TAXES

13. TAXES

The components of income tax expense (benefit) were as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011			2010
Current:
Federal tax (benefit)	$	-	$	-		$	-
State tax		274		19			73
Foreign tax		139		(128	)		323
Total		413		(109	)		396
Deferred:
Federal and state tax (benefit)		-		-			-
Foreign tax (benefit)		-		-			-
Total		-		-			-
Income tax expense (benefit)	$	413	$	(109	)	$	396

U.S. and foreign components of income (loss) before income taxes are presented below (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
U.S. income (loss)	$	(105,722	)	$	(46,387	)	$	(90,865	)
Foreign income (loss)		(6,063	)		(8,646	)		(6,206	)
Total income (loss) before income taxes	$	(111,785	)	$	(55,033	)	$	(97,071	)

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had cumulative U.S. and foreign net operating loss carry-forwards for income tax reporting purposes of approximately $777.9 million and $212.7 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had cumulative U.S. and foreign net operating loss carry-forwards for income tax reporting purposes of approximately $549.1 million and $202.9 million, respectively. The net operating loss carry-forwards expire on various dates beginning in 2013 and ending in 2032.

The Company has not provided United States income taxes and foreign withholding taxes on approximately $7.4 million of undistributed earnings from certain foreign subsidiaries indefinitely invested outside the United States. Should the Company decide to repatriate these foreign earnings, the Company would have to adjust the income tax provision in the period in which management believes the Company would repatriate the earnings.

The components of net deferred income tax assets were as follows (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Federal and foreign net operating loss and credit carry-forwards	$	361,132		$	268,962
Property and equipment and other long-term assets		(30,621	)		27,131
Accruals and reserves		13,742			7,519
Deferred tax assets before valuation allowance		344,253			303,612
Valuation allowance		(344,253	)		(303,612	)
Net deferred income tax assets	$	-		$	-

The change in the valuation allowance during 2012 and 2011 was $40.6 million and $121.0 million, respectively. The change in property and equipment and other long-term deferred tax assets was due primarily to the difference in depreciation between tax and book useful lives as the Company placed additional second-generation satellites into service during 2012.

The actual provision for income taxes differs from the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Provision at U.S. statutory rate of 35%	$	(39,125	)	$	(19,262	)	$	(33,975	)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		(6,070	)		(2,764	)		(5,378	)
Change in valuation allowance		40,641			121,010			34,205
Effect of foreign income tax at various rates		759			929			691
Permanent differences		(220	)		909			(231	)
Change in unrecognized tax benefit		381			(72,040	)		602
Recognition of pre-acquisition losses in Brazil		-			(32,702	)		-
Other (including amounts related to prior year tax matters)		4,047			3,811			4,482
Total	$	413		$	(109	)	$	396

Tax Audits

The Company operates in various U.S. and foreign tax jurisdictions. The process of determining its anticipated tax liabilities involves many calculations and estimates which are inherently complex. The Company believes that it has complied in all material respects with its obligations to pay taxes in these jurisdictions. However, its position is subject to review and possible challenge by the taxing authorities of these jurisdictions. If the applicable taxing authorities were to challenge successfully its current tax positions, or if there were changes in the manner in which the Company conducts its activities, the Company could become subject to material unanticipated tax liabilities. It may also become subject to additional tax liabilities as a result of changes in tax laws, which could in certain circumstances have a retroactive effect.

A tax authority has previously notified the Company that the Company (formerly known as Globalstar LLC), one of its subsidiaries, and its predecessor, Globalstar L.P., were under audit for the taxable periods ending December 31, 2005, December 31, 2004, and June 29, 2004, respectively. During the taxable years at issue, the Company, its predecessor, and its subsidiary were treated as partnerships for U.S. income tax purposes. In December 2009, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") issued Notices of Final Partnership Administrative Adjustments related to each of the taxable years at issue. The Company disagreed with the proposed adjustments, and pursued the matter through applicable IRS and judicial procedures as appropriate.

In February 2012, a Closing Agreement was reached with respect to this matter. The position reached in the Closing Agreement had no impact on the cost basis of the assets of the Company or the Company's net operating loss position. In addition, there is no impact for the Company on deductions in future years. In previous years, the potential outcome of this audit was considered and the gross deferred tax asset before valuation allowance adjusted to a tax position that was thought to be more likely than not to be sustained. The impact of this Closing Agreement has been considered in the Company's analysis at December 31, 2011 and the adjustment to the tax position in previous years was reversed.

In January 2012, the Company's Canadian subsidiary was notified that its income tax returns for the years ended October 31, 2008 and 2009 had been selected for audit. The Company's Canadian subsidiary is in the process of collecting the information required by the Canada Revenue Agency.

Except for the audits noted above, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries are currently under audit by the IRS or by any state jurisdiction in the United States. The Company's corporate U.S. tax returns for 2008 and subsequent years remain subject to examination by tax authorities. State income tax returns are generally subject to examination for a period of three to five years after filing of the respective return. The state impact of any federal changes remains subject to examination by various states for a period of up to one year after formal notification to the states.

Through a prior foreign acquisition the Company acquired a tax liability for which the Company has been indemnified by the previous owners. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company had recorded a tax liability of $2.8 million and $2.2 million, respectively, to the foreign tax authorities with an offsetting tax receivable from the previous owners.

In the Company's international tax jurisdictions, numerous tax years remain subject to examination by tax authorities, including tax returns for 2003 and subsequent years in most of the Company's international tax jurisdictions.

A rollforward of the Company's unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):

Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 1, 2012	$	7,350
Gross increases based on tax positions related to current year		381
Gross decreases based on tax positions related to prior years		19
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2012	$	7,750
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 1, 2011	$	79,809
Gross increases based on tax positions related to current year		460
Gross decreases based on tax positions related to prior years		(419	)
Reductions to unrecognized tax benefits related to prior year audit settlements		(72,500	)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2011	$	7,350

The total unrecognized tax benefit of $7.8 million at December 31, 2012 includes $3.4 million which, if recognized, could potentially reduce the effective income tax rate in future periods.

In connection with the FIN 48 adjustment, at December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded interest and penalties of $1.2 million and $1.0 million, respectively.

It is anticipated that the amount of unrecognized tax benefit reflected at December 31, 2012 will not materially change in the next 12 months; any changes are not anticipated to have a significant impact on the results of operations, financial position or cash flows of the Company.

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The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 109
-Paragraph 136, 172
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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
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-Article 4

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-Number 109
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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [Abstract]

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

14. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

The Company attributes equipment revenue to various countries based on the location equipment is sold. Service revenue is attributed to the various countries based on where the service is provided. Long-lived assets consist primarily of property and equipment and are attributed to various countries based on the physical location of the asset at a given fiscal year-end, except for the Company's satellites which are included in the long-lived assets of the United States. The Company's information by geographic area is as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Revenues:
Service:
United States	$	41,139	$	36,701	$	31,684
Canada		10,505		10,684		11,760
Europe		3,132		4,493		3,119
Central and South America		2,287		3,183		3,979
Others		405		336		395
Total service revenue		57,468		55,397		50,937
Subscriber equipment:
United States		12,899		11,103		12,038
Canada		3,654		3,524		2,599
Europe		1,297		1,456		1,045
Central and South America		798		1,046		1,292
Others		202		301		30
Total subscriber equipment revenue		18,850		17,430		17,004
Total revenue	$	76,318	$	72,827	$	67,941

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	1,209,374	$	1,211,795
Canada		277		324
Europe		474		155
Central and South America		3,463		3,638
Others		1,568		1,806
Total long-lived assets	$	1,215,156	$	1,217,718

- Definition

The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
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STOCK COMPENSATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

STOCK COMPENSATION [Abstract]

STOCK COMPENSATION

15. STOCK COMPENSATION

The Company's 2006 Equity Incentive Plan ("Equity Plan") provides long-term incentives to the Company's key employees, including officers, directors, consultants and advisers ("Eligible Participants") and to align stockholder and employee interests. Under the Equity Plan, the Company may grant incentive stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, and other stock based awards or any combination thereof to Eligible Participants. The Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors establishes the terms and conditions of any awards granted under the plans. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the number of shares of common stock that was authorized and remained available for issuance under the Equity Plan was 13,677,972 and 15,282,933, respectively.

Stock Options

The Company has granted incentive stock options under the Equity Plan. The options generally vest in equal installments over four years and expire in ten years. Non-vested options are generally forfeited upon termination of employment.

The Company recognizes compensation expense for stock option grants based on the fair value at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Company uses historical data, among other factors, to estimate the expected price volatility, the expected option life and the expected forfeiture rate. The risk-free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for the expected life of the option. The table below summarizes the assumptions for the indicated periods:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010

Risk-free interest rate		Less than 1 - 1	%		Less than 1 - 2	%		Less than 1	%
Expected term of options (years)		1 - 5			1 - 6			4 - 6
Volatility		80 - 103	%		80 - 103	%		80	%
Weighted average grant-date fair value	$	0.39		$	0.44		$	1.03

The following table summarizes non-vested stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2012:

				Weighted Average
	Shares			Exercise Price
Outstanding at January 1, 2012		9,998,430		$	0.81
Granted		805,200			0.61
Exercised		(200,000	)		0.77
Forfeited		(317,100	)		1.33
Outstanding at December 31, 2012		10,286,530			0.89

Exercisable at December 31, 2012		4,572,797		$	0.87

The following table presents compensation expense related to stock options that was included in cost of services and marketing, general and administrative expenses for the years indicated below (in millions):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Cost of services	$	-	$	-	$	-
Marketing, general and administrative		0.7		1.3		0.7
Total compensation expense		0.7		1.3		0.7
Recognized income tax benefit		-		-		-
Total compensation expense, net of tax	$	0.7	$	1.3	$	0.7

As of December 31, 2012, there was approximately $0.8 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested stock options outstanding to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.67 years. The Company expects to recognize approximately $0.5 million, $0.3 million, and less than $0.1 million of compensation expense during the years 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively, for these non-vested stock options outstanding.

The aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding stock options as of December 31, 2012 was less than $0.1 million. This represents the total intrinsic value (the difference between the Company's closing stock price on December 31, 2012 and the option price, multiplied by the number of "in-the-money" options) that would have been received by the option holders if all in the money options had been exercised on December 31, 2012.

The total fair value of stock options vested during the year ended December 31, 2012 was $0.5 million.

The Company adjusts its estimates of expected equity awards forfeitures based upon its review of recent forfeiture activity and expected future employee turnover. The effect of adjusting the forfeiture rate is recognized in the period in which the forfeiture estimate is changed.

In October 2011, the Company granted to eligible participants nonstatutory stock options for 2,710,000 shares of common stock and 273,000 restricted shares that vest and become exercisable on the earlier of (i) the first trading day after the Company's common stock shall have traded on the then-applicable national or regional securities exchange or market system constituting the primary market for the stock, as reported in The Wall Street Journal, or such other source as the Company deems reliable, including without limitation if then-applicable, the NASDAQ Stock Market, for more than ten consecutive trading days at or above a per-share closing price of $2.50 or (ii) the day that a binding written agreement is signed for the sale of the Company, as determined by the Company's board of directors in its discretion reasonably exercised.

Restricted Stock

Shares of restricted stock generally vest in equal annual installments over three years. Non-vested shares are generally forfeited upon the termination of employment. Holders of restricted stock are entitled to all rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to the restricted stock, including the right to vote the shares and receive any dividends or other distributions. Compensation expense associated with restricted stock is measured based on the grant date fair value of the common stock and is recognized on a straight line basis over the vesting period. The table below summarizes the weighted average grant-date fair value of restricted stock for the indicated periods:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Weighted average grant-date fair value	$	0.71	$	0.82	$	1.36

The following is a rollforward of the activity in restricted stock for the year ended December 31, 2012:

				Weighted Average
	Shares			Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2012		609,774		$	4.05
Granted		364,333			0.71
Vested		(467,630	)		0.70
Forfeited		(31,410	)		1.13
Nonvested at December 31, 2012		475,067		$	4.66

The following table represents the compensation expense related to restricted stock that was included in cost of services and marketing, general and administrative expenses for the years indicated below (in millions):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Cost of services	$	-	$	0.1	$	(0.2	)
Marketing, general and administrative		-		0.3		0.4
Total compensation expense		-		0.4		0.2
Recognized income tax benefit		-		-		-
Total compensation expense, net of tax	$	-	$	0.4	$	0.2

During 2012, the Company recognized less than $0.1 million of stock award expense as the current period compensation expense was offset primarily by the effect of forfeitures. As of December 31, 2012, there was less than $0.1 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested restricted stock outstanding to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.38 years. The Company expects to recognize less than $0.1 million of compensation expense during each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively, for outstanding nonvested restricted stock.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In June 2011, the Company adopted an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") which provides eligible employees of the Company and its subsidiaries with an opportunity to acquire shares of its common stock at a discount. The maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be purchased through the Plan is 7,000,000 shares. The number of shares that may be purchased through the Plan will be subject to proportionate adjustments to reflect stock splits, stock dividends, or other changes in the Company's capital stock.

The Plan permits eligible employees to purchase shares of common stock during two semi-annual offering periods beginning on June 15 and December 15 (the "Offering Periods"), unless adjusted by the Board or one of its designated committees. Eligible employees may purchase shares of up to 15% of their total compensation per pay period, but may purchase no more than the lesser of $25,000 of the fair market value of common stock or 500,000 shares of common stock in any calendar year, as measured as of the first day of each applicable Offering Period. The price an employee pays is 85% of the fair market value of common stock. Fair market value is equal to the lesser of the closing price of a share of common stock on either the first or last day of the Offering Period.

For each of the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012, the Company received $0.2 million related to shares issued under this plan. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded compensation expense of approximately $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, which is reflected in marketing, general and administrative expenses. Additionally, the Company has issued approximately 1,371,405 shares through December 31, 2012 related to the Plan.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 123R
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-Name Statement of Position (SOP)
-Number 93-6
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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS [Abstract]

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

16. ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

Accumulated other comprehensive loss includes all changes in equity during a period from non-owner sources. The change in accumulated other comprehensive loss for all periods presented resulted from foreign currency translation adjustments and minimum pension liability adjustments.

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss were as follows (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Accumulated minimum pension liability adjustment	$	(7,969	)	$	(8,047	)
Accumulated net foreign currency translation adjustment		6,211			4,947
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	(1,758	)	$	(3,100	)

HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION	12 Months Ended
HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION	Dec. 31, 2012
HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION [Abstract]
HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION	17. HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION During 2010 the Company announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters to Covington, Louisiana. In addition, the Company relocated its product development center, international customer care operations, call center and other global business functions including finance, accounting, sales, marketing and corporate communications. The Company completed the relocation in 2011. In connection with its relocation, the Company entered into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Louisiana Department of Economic Development ("LED") whereby the Company would be reimbursed for certain qualified relocation costs and lease expenses. In accordance with the terms of the agreement, these reimbursement costs, not to exceed $8.1 million, will be reimbursed to the Company as incurred provided the Company maintains required annual payroll levels in Louisiana through 2019. Since announcing its relocation, the Company has incurred qualifying relocation expenses. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company was reimbursed a total of $3.9 million through December 31, 2011 by LED. The Company accounted for these reimbursements as reductions to the relocation expenses incurred. Through December 31, 2011, the Company also incurred $1.3 million for facility improvements and replacement equipment in connection with the relocation. These costs were also reimbursed by LED. The Company was not reimbursed for any expenses in 2012. Reimbursements related to facility improvements and replacement equipment were recorded as deferred costs and are offset by depreciation expense as the related assets are used in service. LED will also reimburse the Company approximately $352,000 per year through 2019 for certain qualifying lease expenses, provided the Company meets the required payroll levels set forth in the agreement. If the Company fails to meet the required payroll in any project year, the Company will reimburse LED for a portion of the shortfall not to exceed the total reimbursement received from LED. Due to a plan to improve its cost structure by reducing headcount, the Company projected that it would not meet the required payroll levels set forth in the agreement and recorded a liability of $1.4 million at December 31, 2012 for the estimated impact of the payroll shortfall in future years. This liability is included in current and non-current liabilities in the Company's consolidated balance sheet.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION [Abstract]

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION

18. SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION

In connection with the Company's issuance of the 5.0% Notes and 5.0% Warrants, certain of the Company's domestic subsidiaries (the "Guarantor Subsidiaries"), fully, unconditionally, jointly, and severally guaranteed the payment obligations under the 5.0% Notes. The following supplemental financial information sets forth, on a consolidating basis, the balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows for Globalstar, Inc. ("Parent Company"), for the Guarantor Subsidiaries and for the Parent Company's other subsidiaries (the "Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries").

The supplemental condensed consolidating financial information has been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations for condensed financial information and does not include disclosures included in annual financial statements. The principal eliminating entries eliminate investments in subsidiaries, intercompany balances and intercompany revenues and expenses.

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Balance Sheet

As of December 31, 2012

	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries			Elimination			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	10,220		$	251		$	1,321		$	-		$	11,792
Restricted cash		46,777			-			-			-			46,777
Accounts receivable		3,814			4,875			5,255			-			13,944
Intercompany receivables		613,426			411,764			5,534			(1,030,724	)		-
Inventory		262			6,966			34,953			-			42,181
Deferred financing costs		34,622			-			-			-			34,622
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		2,177			388			2,668			-			5,233
Total current assets		711,298			424,244			49,731			(1,030,724	)		154,549
Property and equipment, net		1,095,973			31,382			86,762			1,039			1,215,156
Restricted cash		-			-			-			-			-
Intercompany notes receivable		15,783			-			1,800			(17,583	)		-
Investment in subsidiaries		(144,323	)		(8,232	)		-			152,555			-
Deferred financing costs		16,883			-			-			-			16,883
Advances for inventory		9,158			-			-			-			9,158
Intangible and other assets, net		3,991			1,781			2,273			(16	)		8,029
Total assets	$	1,708,763		$	449,175		$	140,566		$	(894,729	)	$	1,403,775

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	$	655,874		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	655,874
Accounts payable		12,055			2,410			21,220			-			35,685
Accrued contract termination charge		23,166			-			-			-			23,166
Accrued expenses		6,492			9,798			11,874			-			28,164
Intercompany payables		377,526			494,686			156,166			(1,028,378	)		-
Payables to affiliates		230			-			-			-			230
Deferred revenue		4,576			12,674			791			-			18,041
Total current liabilities		1,079,919			519,568			190,051			(1,028,378	)		761,160
Long-term debt, less current portion		95,155			-			-			-			95,155
Employee benefit obligations		7,221			-			-			-			7,221
Intercompany notes payable		-			-			16,683			(16,683	)		-
Derivative liabilities		25,175			-			-			-			25,175
Deferred revenue		4,306			334			-			-			4,640
Other non-current liabilities		2,443			2,233			11,204			-			15,880
Total non-current liabilities		134,300			2,567			27,887			(16,683	)		148,071
Stockholders' equity		494,544			(72,960	)		(77,372	)		150,332			494,544
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	1,708,763		$	449,175		$	140,566		$	(894,729	)	$	1,403,775

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Balance Sheet

As of December 31, 2011

	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries			Elimination			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	7,343		$	587		$	2,021		$	-		$	9,951
Restricted cash		-			-			-			-			-
Accounts receivable		3,363			4,322			4,708			-			12,393
Intercompany receivables		538,876			351,510			13,923			(904,309	)		-
Inventory		1			4,564			37,283			-			41,848
Deferred financing costs		-			-			-			-			-
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		2,846			303			2,132			-			5,281
Total current assets		552,429			361,286			60,067			(904,309	)		69,473
Property and equipment, net		1,070,543			60,872			87,624			(1,321	)		1,217,718
Restricted cash		46,776			-			-			-			46,776
Intercompany notes receivable		40,456			-			1,800			(42,256	)		-
Investment in subsidiaries		(106,377	)		(18,629	)		-			125,006			-
Deferred financing costs		53,409			-			73			-			53,482
Advances for inventory		9,158			-			-			-			9,158
Intangible and other assets, net		12,773			2,988			8,052			(15	)		23,798
Total assets	$	1,679,167		$	406,517		$	157,616		$	(822,895	)	$	1,420,405

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Accounts payable		19,346			1,953			26,509			-			47,808
Accrued contract termination charge		-			-			-			-			-
Accrued expenses		11,558			8,459			8,789			-			28,806
Intercompany payables		333,201			427,852			142,966			(904,019	)		-
Payables to affiliates		378			-			-			-			378
Deferred revenue		1,043			12,740			805			-			14,588
Total current liabilities		365,526			451,004			179,069			(904,019	)		91,580
Long-term debt, less current portion		723,888			-			-			-			723,888
Employee benefit obligations		7,407			-			-			-			7,407
Intercompany notes payable		-			-			41,356			(41,356	)		-
Derivative liabilities		38,996			-			-			-			38,996
Deferred revenue		6,695			600			-			-			7,295
Other non-current liabilities		2,860			3,837			10,747			-			17,444
Total non-current liabilities		779,846			4,437			52,103			(41,356	)		795,030
Stockholders' equity		533,795			(48,924	)		(73,556	)		122,480			533,795
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	1,679,167		$	406,517		$	157,616		$	(822,895	)	$	1,420,405

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2012

							Non-
	Parent			Guarantor			Guarantor
	Company			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
Service revenues	$	48,845		$	44,208		$	15,729		$	(51,314	)	$	57,468
Subscriber equipment sales		825			15,225			7,855			(5,055	)		18,850
Total revenue		49,670			59,433			23,584			(56,369	)		76,318
Operating expenses:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation, amortization, and accretion shown separately below)		7,992			7,265			8,190			(219	)		23,228
Cost of subscriber equipment sales		292			11,827			7,560			(6,399	)		13,280
Cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory		-			1,274			123			-			1,397
Marketing, general and administrative		6,943			19,062			12,860			(4,526	)		34,339
Reduction in the value of long-lived assets		79			7,139			-			-			7,218
Contract termination charge		22,048			-			-			-			22,048
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion		49,132			48,869			17,308			(45,508	)		69,801
Total operating expenses		86,486			95,436			46,041			(56,652	)		171,311
Loss from operations		(36,816	)		(36,003	)		(22,457	)		283			(94,993	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income and expense, net of amounts capitalized		(19,744	)		(10	)		(1,731	)		(1	)		(21,486	)
Derivative gain (loss)		6,974			-			-			-			6,974
Equity in subsidiary earnings		(60,302	)		10,237			-			50,065			-
Other		(2,078	)		(141	)		16			(77	)		(2,280	)
Total other income (expense)		(75,150	)		10,086			(1,715	)		49,987			(16,792	)
Loss before income taxes		(111,966	)		(25,917	)		(24,172	)		50,270			(111,785	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		232			41			140			-			413
Net (loss) income	$	(112,198	)	$	(25,958	)	$	(24,312	)	$	50,270		$	(112,198	)

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2011

							Non-
	Parent			Guarantor			Guarantor
	Company			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
Service revenues	$	30,904		$	28,850		$	16,102		$	(20,459	)	$	55,397
Subscriber equipment sales		790			13,115			7,619			(4,094	)		17,430
Total revenue		31,694			41,965			23,721			(24,553	)		72,827
Operating expenses:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation, amortization, and accretion shown separately below)		13,025			7,293			12,707			(3,779	)		29,246
Cost of subscriber equipment sales		723			9,913			5,636			(4,345	)		11,927
Cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory		-			1,254			7,572			-			8,826
Marketing, general and administrative		9,285			23,107			10,044			-			42,436
Reduction in the value of long-lived assets		1,074			2,453			51			-			3,578
Contract termination charge		-			-			-			-			-
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion		24,298			28,006			14,589			(16,844	)		50,049
Total operating expenses		48,405			72,026			50,599			(24,968	)		146,062
Loss from operations		(16,711	)		(30,061	)		(26,878	)		415			(73,235	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income and expense, net of amounts capitalized		(2,713	)		(5	)		(2,099	)		8			(4,809	)
Derivative gain (loss)		23,839			-			-			-			23,839
Equity in subsidiary earnings		(59,466	)		9,392			-			50,074			-
Other		145			(76	)		(783	)		(114	)		(828	)
Total other income (expense)		(38,195	)		9,311			(2,882	)		49,968			18,202
Loss before income taxes		(54,906	)		(20,750	)		(29,760	)		50,383			(55,033	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		18			1			(128	)		-			(109	)
Net (loss) income	$	(54,924	)	$	(20,751	)	$	(29,632	)	$	50,383		$	(54,924	)

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2010

							Non-
	Parent			Guarantor			Guarantor
	Company			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
Service revenues	$	10,603		$	35,691		$	16,579		$	(11,936	)	$	50,937
Subscriber equipment sales		281			14,738			6,781			(4,796	)		17,004
Total revenue		10,884			50,429			23,360			(16,732	)		67,941
Operating expenses:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation, amortization, and accretion shown separately below)		10,678			12,468			19,799			(11,773	)		31,172
Cost of subscriber equipment sales		131			12,509			5,348			(4,806	)		13,182
Cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory		59			761			10,042			-			10,862
Marketing, general and administrative		6,620			24,546			10,770			(109	)		41,827
Reduction in the value of long-lived assets		546			2,703			-			-			3,249
Contract termination charge		-			-			-			-			-
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion		1,658			23,055			3,193			(488	)		27,418
Total operating expenses		19,692			76,042			49,152			(17,176	)		127,710
Loss from operations		(8,808	)		(25,613	)		(25,792	)		444			(59,769	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income and expense, net of amounts capitalized		(3,029	)		(1	)		(1,561	)		(6	)		(4,597	)
Derivative gain (loss)		(29,975	)		-			-			-			(29,975	)
Equity in subsidiary earnings		(51,651	)		(8,494	)		-			60,145			-
Other		(3,952	)		340			1,332			(450	)		(2,730	)
Total other income (expense)		(88,607	)		(8,155	)		(229	)		59,689			(37,302	)
Loss before income taxes		(97,415	)		(33,768	)		(26,021	)		60,133			(97,071	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		52			50			294			-			396
Net (loss) income	$	(97,467	)	$	(33,818	)	$	(26,315	)	$	60,133		$	(97,467	)

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended December 31, 2012

							Non-
	Parent			Guarantor			Guarantor
	Company			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In thousands)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	7,720		$	61		$	(907	)	$	-	$	6,874

Cash flows from investing activities:
Second-generation satellites, ground and related launch costs		(56,679	)		-			-			-		(56,679	)
Property and equipment additions		-			(397	)		(384	)		-		(781	)
Investment in businesses		(550	)		-			-			-		(550	)
Net cash from investing activities		(57,229	)		(397	)		(384	)		-		(58,010	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from exercise of warrants and stock options		244			-			-			-		244
Borrowings from Facility Agreement		7,375			-			-			-		7,375
Proceeds from Contingent Equity Agreement		45,800			-			-			-		45,800
Payment of deferred financing costs		(1,033	)		-			-			-		(1,033	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		52,386			-			-			-		52,386
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		-			-			591			-		591
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		2,877			(336	)		(700	)		-		1,841
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		7,343			587			2,021			-		9,951
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	10,220		$	251		$	1,321		$	-	$	11,792

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended December 31, 2011

							Non-
	Parent			Guarantor			Guarantor
	Company			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In thousands)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(10,758	)	$	3,819		$	1,445		$	(9	)	$	(5,503	)

Cash flows from investing activities:
Second-generation satellites, ground and related launch costs		(85,589	)		-			-			-			(85,589	)
Property and equipment additions		-			(2,466	)		(137	)		9			(2,594	)
Investment in businesses		(800	)		-			-			-			(800	)
Restricted cash		(10,436	)		-			-			-			(10,436	)
Net cash from investing activities		(96,825	)		(2,466	)		(137	)		9			(99,419	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from exercise of warrants and stock options		525			-			-			-			525
Borrowings from Facility Agreement		18,659			-			-			-			18,659
Proceeds from the issuance of 5.0% convertible notes		38,000			-			-			-			38,000
Proceeds from the contribution to the debt service reserve account		12,500			-			-			-			12,500
Proceeds from Contingent Equity Agreement		14,200												14,200
Payment of deferred financing costs		(1,246	)		-			-			-			(1,246	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		82,638			-			-			-			82,638
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		-			-			(782	)		-			(782	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(24,945	)		1,353			526			-			(23,066	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		32,288			(766	)		1,495			-			33,017
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	7,343		$	587		$	2,021		$	-		$	9,951

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended December 31, 2010

							Non-
	Parent			Guarantor			Guarantor
	Company			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In thousands)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(28,895	)	$	4,445		$	522		$	590		$	(23,338	)

Cash flows from investing activities:
Second-generation satellites, ground and related launch costs		(201,108	)		-			-			(16	)		(201,124	)
Property and equipment additions		(1,307	)		(5,696	)		(283	)		-			(7,286	)
Investment in businesses		(1,110	)		-			-			-			(1,110	)
Restricted cash		4,129			-			-			-			4,129
Net cash from investing activities		(199,396	)		(5,696	)		(283	)		(16	)		(205,391	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Borrowings from Facility Agreement		188,417			-			-			-			188,417
Payment of deferred financing costs		(70	)		-			-			-			(70	)
Proceeds from exercise of warrants and issuance of common stock		6,323			-			-			-			6,323
Net cash provided by financing activities		194,670			-			-			-			194,670
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		-			-			(231	)		(574	)		(805	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(33,621	)		(1,251	)		8			-			(34,864	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		65,909			485			1,487			-			67,881
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	32,288		$	(766	)	$	1,495		$	-		$	33,017

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) [Abstract]

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

19. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

The following is a summary of consolidated quarterly financial information for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 (amounts in thousands, except per share data):

	Quarter Ended
2012	March 31			June 30			Sept. 30			Dec. 31
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Total revenue	$	16,738		$	19,981		$	20,537		$	19,062
Net loss	$	(24,525	)	$	(27,533	)	$	(41,188	)	$	(18,952	)
Basic loss per common share	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.10	)	$	(0.05	)
Diluted loss per common share	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.10	)	$	(0.05	)
Shares used in basic per share calculations		357,418			379,433			392,344			424,180
Shares used in diluted per share calculations		357,418			379,433			392,344			424,180

	Quarter Ended
2011	March 31			June 30			Sept. 30			Dec. 31
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Total revenue	$	18,254		$	18,999		$	18,187		$	17,387
Net loss	$	(6,466	)	$	(14,068	)	$	(681	)	$	(33,709	)
Basic loss per common share	$	(0.02	)	$	(0.05	)	$	(0.00	)	$	(0.11	)
Diluted loss per common share	$	(0.02	)	$	(0.05	)	$	(0.00	)	$	(0.11	)
Shares used in basic per share calculations		293,053			294,963			295,513			312,867
Shares used in diluted per share calculations		293,053			294,963			295,513			312,867

	Quarter Ended
2010	March 31			June 30			Sept. 30			Dec. 31
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Total revenue	$	15,571		$	17,622		$	18,223		$	16,525
Net loss	$	(35,642	)	$	(19,249	)	$	(24,493	)	$	(18,083	)
Basic loss per common share	$	(0.13	)	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.09	)	$	(0.05	)
Diluted loss per common share	$	(0.13	)	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.09	)	$	(0.05	)
Shares used in basic per share calculations		275,370			282,080			287,502			291,818
Shares used in diluted per share calculations		275,370			282,080			287,502			291,818

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure may include a tabular presentation of financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income or loss before extraordinary items and earnings per share data. It also includes an indication if the information in the note is unaudited, comments on the aggregate effect of year-end adjustments, and an explanation of matters or transactions that affect comparability or are pertinent to an understanding of the information furnished.

+ References + Details

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES [Abstract]

Use of Estimates in Preparation of Financial Statements

Use of Estimates in Preparation of Financial Statements

Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Globalstar and all its subsidiaries. All significant inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in the consolidation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

Restricted Cash

Restricted Cash

Derivative Instruments

Derivative Instruments

Concentration of Credit Risk

Concentration of Credit Risk

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable

The following is a summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Balance at beginning of period	$	7,296		$	5,971		$	5,735
Provision, net of recoveries		1,097			1,995			519
Write-offs and other adjustments		(1,726	)		(670	)		(283	)
Balance at end of period	$	6,667		$	7,296		$	5,971

Inventory

Inventory

Property and Equipment

Property and Equipment

Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, as follows:

Globalstar System:
Space component		6.5 years from commencement of service for the first-generation satellites launched in 2007
		15 years from the commencement of service for the second-generation satellites
Ground component		Up to periods of 15 years from commencement of service
Furniture, fixtures & equipment		3 to 10 years
Leasehold improvements		Shorter of lease term or the estimated useful lives of the improvements
Buildings		18 years

For assets that are sold or retired, including satellites that are de-orbited and no longer providing services, the estimated cost and accumulated depreciation is removed from property and equipment.

Deferred Financing Costs

Deferred Financing Costs

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation

Asset Retirement Obligation

Asset Retirement Obligation

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Revenue Recognition and Deferred Revenues

Revenue Recognition and Deferred Revenues

Duplex

Credits granted to customers are expensed or charged against revenue or deferred revenue upon issuance.

Certain subscriber acquisition costs, including such items as dealer commissions, internal sales commissions and equipment subsidies, are expensed at the time of the related sale.

SPOT and Simplex

IGOs

Equipment

Other

The Company does not record sales taxes collected from customers in revenue.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and Development Expenses

Advertising Expenses

Advertising Expenses

Advertising costs were $1.9 million, $2.0 million, and $2.6 million for 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. These costs are expensed as incurred as marketing, general, and administrative expenses.

Warranty Expense

Warranty Expense

Foreign Currency

Foreign Currency

In February 2013, the Venezuelan government devalued its currency. The Company does not expect this devaluation to have a material effect on its results of operations.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

Comprehensive Loss

Comprehensive Loss

Loss Per Share

Loss Per Share

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES [Abstract]

Schedule of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Balance at beginning of period	$	7,296		$	5,971		$	5,735
Provision, net of recoveries		1,097			1,995			519
Write-offs and other adjustments		(1,726	)		(670	)		(283	)
Balance at end of period	$	6,667		$	7,296		$	5,971

Schedule of the Estimated Useful Lives for Property and Equipment

Globalstar System:
Space component		6.5 years from commencement of service for the first-generation satellites launched in 2007
		15 years from the commencement of service for the second-generation satellites
Ground component		Up to periods of 15 years from commencement of service
Furniture, fixtures & equipment		3 to 10 years
Leasehold improvements		Shorter of lease term or the estimated useful lives of the improvements
Buildings		18 years

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Globalstar System:
Space component	$	934,900		$	532,487
Ground component		49,089			49,109
Construction in progress:
Space component		299,209			650,920
Ground component		84,423			80,071
Prepaid long-lead items and other		17,920			18,028
Total Globalstar System		1,385,541			1,330,615
Internally developed and purchased software		14,414			14,052
Equipment		12,800			12,333
Land and buildings		4,003			4,152
Leasehold improvements		1,512			1,402
		1,418,270			1,362,554
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(203,114	)		(144,836	)
	$	1,215,156		$	1,217,718

Capitalized Interest

	December 31,
	2012		2011

Total Interest Capitalized	$	216,477	$	176,361

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010

Current Period Interest Capitalized	$	40,116	$	54,139	$	47,122

Depreciation Expense

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010

Depreciation Expense	$	67,289	$	46,952	$	24,435

LONG-TERM DEBT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Schedule of Long-Term Debt

December 31, 2012					December 31, 2011
	Principal		Carrying			Principal		Carrying
	Amount		Value			Amount		Value

Facility Agreement	$	585,670	$	585,670		$	578,295	$	578,295
Subordinated Loan		53,499		49,822			47,384		43,255
5.0% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes		40,920		16,701			38,949		13,077
8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes		48,228		28,632			47,516		25,203
5.75% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes		71,804		70,204			71,804		64,058
Total Debt		800,121		751,029			783,948		723,888
Less: Current Portion		657,474		655,874			-		-
Long-Term Debt	$	142,647	$	95,155		$	783,948	$	723,888

Contingent Equity Account and the Related Warrants and Shares

	Available				Warrants		Shares
	Amount		Draws		Issued		Issued
June 19, 2009 (1)	$	60,000	$	-		4,379,562		-
December 31, 2009 (2)		60,000		-		2,516,990		-
June 19, 2010 (1)		60,000		-		4,379,562		-
June 19, 2011 (2)		60,000		-		620,438		-
June 19, 2011 (1)		60,000		-		5,000,000		-
November 4, 2011 (3)		54,600		5,400		-		11,376,404
November 30, 2011 (3)		45,800		8,800		-		25,229,358
January 11, 2012 (3)		36,000		9,800		-		22,546,012
March 23, 2012 (3)		27,300		8,700		-		14,135,615
May 30, 2012 (3)		22,800		4,500		-		14,204,545
June 19, 2012 (2)		22,800		-		16,428,571		-
June 19, 2012 (1), (4)		22,800		-		8,142,857		-
October 15, 2012 (3)		15,500		7,300		-		20,338,039
November 23, 2012 (3)		8,525		6,975		-		25,141,538
December 31, 2012 (3)		-		8,525		-		27,944,712
December 31, 2012	$	-	$	60,000		41,467,980		160,916,223

	(1)	Warrants to purchase common stock were issued to Thermo for the annual availability fee pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
	(2)	Additional warrants were issued to Thermo due to the reset provisions in the Contingent Equity Agreement.
	(3)	Shares of common stock were issued to Thermo resulting from the Company's draws on the contingent equity account pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
	(4)	Warrants issued on June 19, 2012 are not subject to the reset provisions in the Contingent Equity Agreement.

Secured Borrowings

	Outstanding Warrants December 31,				Strike Price December 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Contingent Equity Agreement (1)		41,467,980		16,896,552	$	0.01	$	0.01
Subordinated Loan		4,205,608		4,205,608		0.01		0.01
5.0% Notes (2)		15,200,000		15,200,000		1.25		1.25
8.00% Notes (3)		61,606,706		40,486,794		0.32		0.49
		122,480,294		76,788,954

	(1)	On certain valuation dates, additional warrants were issued due to reset provisions in the agreement.
	(2)	Subject to reset on April 15, 2013, if the Company's common stock is below the initial conversion and exercise price.
	(3)	According to the terms of the 8.00% Notes, additional 8.00% Warrants may be issued to holders if shares of common stock are issued below the then current warrant reset price ($0.32 as of December 31, 2012). During the second quarter of 2012, the Company issued stock at $0.32 per share, which was below the previous strike price of $0.49, in connection with the contingent consideration paid as part of the acquisition of Axonn LLC ("Axonn"). Given this transaction and the related provisions in the warrant agreements, the holders of the 8.00% Warrants received additional 8.00% Warrants to purchase 21.7 million more shares of common stock. No additional warrants were issued during the third or fourth quarter of 2012.

Schedule of Maturities of Long-Term Debt

2013	$	657,474
2014		-
2015		-
2016		-
2017		-
Thereafter		142,647
Total	$	800,121

5.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Schedule of Allocation of Proceeds at Time of Issuance to Determine Adjusted Carrying Value

Debt	$	11,316
Fair value of 5.0% Warrants		8,081
Beneficial Conversion Feature		17,100
Contingent Put Feature		1,503
Face Value of 5.0% Notes	$	38,000

8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Schedule of Allocation of Proceeds at Time of Issuance to Determine Adjusted Carrying Value

Fair value of compound embedded derivative	$	23,542
Fair value of Warrants		12,791
Debt		18,667
Face Value of 8.00% Notes	$	55,000

DERIVATIVES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

DERIVATIVES [Abstract]

Fair Value Gain Loss Derivative Instrument

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Intangible and other assets:
Interest rate cap	$	84		$	255
Total intangible and other assets	$	84		$	255

Derivative liabilities:
Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes	$	(4,163	)	$	(7,111	)
Warrants issued with 8.00% Notes		(18,034	)		(22,673	)
Warrants issued in conjunction with Contingent Equity Agreement		-			(6,155	)
Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes		(2,978	)		(3,057	)
Total derivative liabilities	$	(25,175	)	$	(38,996	)

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Interest rate cap	$	(171	)	$	(745	)	$	(5,801	)
Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes		2,546			15,361			(10,676	)
Warrants issued with 8.00% Notes		4,218			6,687			(11,197	)
Warrants issued in conjunction with Contingent Equity Agreement		302			4,090			(2,301	)
Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes		79			(1,554	)		-
Total derivative gain (loss)	$	6,974		$	23,839		$	(29,975	)

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS [Abstract]

Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis

Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2012:
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)			Total Balance
Other assets:
Interest rate cap	$	-	$	84	$	-		$	84
Total other assets measured at fair value	$	-	$	84	$	-		$	84

Other liabilities:
Liability for contingent consideration	$	-	$	-	$	(3,916	)	$	(3,916	)
Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes		-		-		(4,163	)		(4,163	)
Warrants issued with 8.00% Notes		-		-		(18,034	)		(18,034	)
Contingent put feature embedded in 5.0% Notes		-		-		(2,978	)		(2,978	)
Total other liabilities measured at fair value	$	-	$	-	$	(29,091	)	$	(29,091	)

	Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2011:
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)			Total Balance
Other assets:
Interest rate cap	$	-	$	255	$	-		$	255
Total other assets measured at fair value	$	-	$	255	$	-		$	255

Other liabilities:
Liability for contingent consideration	$	-	$	-	$	(4,963	)	$	(4,963	)
Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes		-		-		(7,111	)		(7,111	)
Warrants issued with 8.00% Notes		-		-		(22,673	)		(22,673	)
Warrants issued with Contingent Equity Agreement		-		-		(6,155	)		(6,155	)
Contingent put feature embedded in 5.0% Notes		-		-		(3,057	)		(3,057	)
Total other liabilities measured at fair value	$	-	$	-	$	(43,959	)	$	(43,959	)

Reconciliation of Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis

Balance at December 31, 2011	$	(43,959	)
Derivative adjustment related to conversions and exercises		824
Contingent equity warrant liability reclassified to equity		5,853
Earnout payments made related to liability for contingent consideration		2,208
Change in fair value of contingent consideration		(1,161	)
Unrealized gain, included in derivative gain (loss)		7,144
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	(29,091	)

Balance at December 31, 2010	$	(66,838	)
Issuance of contingent equity warrants		(8,313	)
Issuance of contingent put feature embedded in 5.0% Notes		(1,503	)
Derivative adjustment related to conversions and exercises		1,100
Contingent equity warrant liability reclassified to equity		5,955
Earnout payments made related to liability for contingent consideration		1,827
Change in fair value of contingent consideration		(771	)
Unrealized gain, included in derivative gain (loss)		24,584
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	(43,959	)

Schedule of Non Recurring Fair Value Measurements

	Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2012:
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total Losses
Other assets:
Property and equipment, net	$	-	$	-	$	1,215,156	$	7,218
Total	$	-	$	-	$	1,215,156	$	7,218

	Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2011:
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total Losses
Other assets:
Property and equipment, net	$	-	$	-	$	1,217,718	$	2,669
Intangible and other assets, net		-		-		23,798		909
Total	$	-	$	-	$	1,241,516	$	3,578

ACQUISITION OF AXONN (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

ACQUISITION OF AXONN [Abstract]

Schedule of Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets

	December 31, 2012										December 31, 2011
	Gross		Write			Accumulated			Net		Gross		Write			Accumulated			Net
	Amount		Down			Amortization			Balance		Amount		Down			Amortization			Balance
Developed technology	$	5,300	$	(909	)	$	(3,156	)	$	1,235	$	5,300	$	(909	)	$	(2,428	)	$	1,963
Customer relationships		2,100		-			(1,558	)		542		2,100		-			(1,078	)		1,022
Trade name		200		-			(200	)		-		200		-			(200	)		-
Total	$	7,600		(909	)	$	(4,914	)	$	1,777	$	7,600	$	(909	)	$	(3,706	)	$	2,985

COMMITMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

COMMITMENTS [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Payments Under Purchase Commitments

Years Ending December 31,
2013	$	59,110
2014		27,936
2015		12,057
2016		-
2017		-
Thereafter		-
Total purchase commitments	$	99,103

Schedule of Future Minimum Payments Under Operating Leases

2013	$	1,597
2014		872
2015		815
2016		767
2017		776
Thereafter		1,403
Total minimum lease payments	$	6,230

ACCRUED EXPENSES AND NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

ACCRUED EXPENSES AND NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES [Abstract]

Schedule of Current Accrued Liabilities

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Accrued interest	$	5,620	$	2,774
Accrued compensation and benefits		4,076		3,567
Accrued property and other taxes		6,329		5,369
Accrued customer liabilities and deposits		2,961		3,176
Accrued professional and other service provider fees		1,006		1,826
Accrued liability for contingent consideration		2,585		2,020
Accrued commissions		685		513
Accrued telecommunications expenses		713		1,580
Accrued satellite and ground costs		373		5,776
Other accrued expenses		3,816		2,205
	$	28,164	$	28,806

Schedule of Changes in the Warranty Reserve Accrual

Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Balance at beginning of period	$	179		$	56		$	150
Provision		293			361			109
Utilization		(237	)		(238	)		(203	)
Balance at end of period	$	235		$	179		$	56

Schedule of Non-current Accrued Liabilities

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Long-term accrued interest	$	457	$	242
Asset retirement obligation		998		926
Deferred rent		579		717
Liabilities related to the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the State of Louisiana		1,949		2,445
Long-term portion of liability for contingent consideration		1,332		2,944
Uncertain income tax positions		5,571		5,408
Foreign tax contingencies		4,994		4,762
	$	15,880	$	17,444

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Related Party Transactions

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
General and administrative expenses	$	180	$	208	$	371
Non-cash expenses		529		319		168
Total	$	709	$	527	$	539

PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Projected Benefit Obligation, Plan Assets and the Funded Status of Company's Defined Benefit Plan

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011
Change in projected benefit obligation:
Projected benefit obligation, beginning of year	$	17,812		$	15,275
Service cost		66			51
Interest cost		712			776
Actuarial loss		1,133			2,559
Benefits paid		(919	)		(849	)
Projected benefit obligation, end of year	$	18,804		$	17,812
Change in fair value of plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year	$	10,405		$	10,548
Return on plan assets		1,366			(131	)
Employer contributions		731			837
Benefits paid		(919	)		(849	)
Fair value of plan assets, end of year	$	11,583		$	10,405
Funded status, end of year- net liability	$	(7,221	)	$	(7,407	)

Schedule of Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	$	66		$	51		$	78
Interest cost		712			776			789
Expected return on plan assets		(739	)		(791	)		(723	)
Amortization of unrecognized net actuarial loss		583			291			285
Total net periodic benefit cost	$	622		$	327		$	429

Schedule of Amounts Recognized in Statement of Financial Position

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Amounts recognized:
Funded status recognized in other non-current liabilities	$	(7,221	)	$	(7,407	)
Net actuarial loss recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss		7,969			8,047
Net amount recognized in retained deficit	$	748		$	640

Schedule of Assumptions Used to Calculate Benefit Obligation and Net Periodic Benefit Cost

	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Benefit obligation assumptions:
Discount rate		3.75	%		4.00	%		5.25	%
Rate of compensation increase		N/A			N/A			N/A
Net periodic benefit cost assumptions:
Discount rate		4.00	%		5.25	%		5.60	%
Expected rate of return on plan assets		7.12	%		7.50	%		7.50	%
Rate of compensation increase		N/A			N/A			N/A

Schedule of Plan Asset Allocations

December 31,
	2012			2011
Equity securities		56	%		57	%
Debt securities		33			31
Other investments		11			12
Total		100	%		100	%

Schedule of Fair Value of Plan Assets

	December 31, 2012
	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
United States equity securities	$	5,189	$	-	$	5,189	$	-
International equity securities		1,297		-		1,297		-
Fixed income securities		3,779		-		3,779		-
Other		1,318		-		1,318		-
Total	$	11,583	$	-	$	11,583	$	-

	December 31, 2011
	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
United States equity securities	$	4,816	$	-	$	4,816	$	-
International equity securities		1,106		-		1,106		-
Fixed income securities		3,277		-		3,277		-
Other		1,206		-		1,206		-
Total	$	10,405	$	-	$	10,405	$	-

Schedule of Future Benefit Payments

2013	$	964
2014		981
2015		970
2016		963
2017		958
2018 - 2023		4,985

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of one or more of the entity's defined benefit pension plans or one or more other defined benefit postretirement plans, separately for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans including the entity's schedule of fair value of plan assets for defined benefit or other postretirement plans.

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TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

TAXES [Abstract]

Schedule of the Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011			2010
Current:
Federal tax (benefit)	$	-	$	-		$	-
State tax		274		19			73
Foreign tax		139		(128	)		323
Total		413		(109	)		396
Deferred:
Federal and state tax (benefit)		-		-			-
Foreign tax (benefit)		-		-			-
Total		-		-			-
Income tax expense (benefit)	$	413	$	(109	)	$	396

Schedule of U.S. and Foreign Components of Income (Loss) Before Taxes

Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
U.S. income (loss)	$	(105,722	)	$	(46,387	)	$	(90,865	)
Foreign income (loss)		(6,063	)		(8,646	)		(6,206	)
Total income (loss) before income taxes	$	(111,785	)	$	(55,033	)	$	(97,071	)

Schedule of the Components of Net Deferred Income Tax Assets

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Federal and foreign net operating loss and credit carry-forwards	$	361,132		$	268,962
Property and equipment and other long-term assets		(30,621	)		27,131
Accruals and reserves		13,742			7,519
Deferred tax assets before valuation allowance		344,253			303,612
Valuation allowance		(344,253	)		(303,612	)
Net deferred income tax assets	$	-		$	-

Schedule of Actual Provision for Income Taxes to the Statutory U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Provision at U.S. statutory rate of 35%	$	(39,125	)	$	(19,262	)	$	(33,975	)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		(6,070	)		(2,764	)		(5,378	)
Change in valuation allowance		40,641			121,010			34,205
Effect of foreign income tax at various rates		759			929			691
Permanent differences		(220	)		909			(231	)
Change in unrecognized tax benefit		381			(72,040	)		602
Recognition of pre-acquisition losses in Brazil		-			(32,702	)		-
Other (including amounts related to prior year tax matters)		4,047			3,811			4,482
Total	$	413		$	(109	)	$	396

Rollforward of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 1, 2012	$	7,350
Gross increases based on tax positions related to current year		381
Gross decreases based on tax positions related to prior years		19
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2012	$	7,750
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 1, 2011	$	79,809
Gross increases based on tax positions related to current year		460
Gross decreases based on tax positions related to prior years		(419	)
Reductions to unrecognized tax benefits related to prior year audit settlements		(72,500	)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2011	$	7,350

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [Abstract]

Company's Information on Revenues and Long-lived Assets by Geographic Area

Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Revenues:
Service:
United States	$	41,139	$	36,701	$	31,684
Canada		10,505		10,684		11,760
Europe		3,132		4,493		3,119
Central and South America		2,287		3,183		3,979
Others		405		336		395
Total service revenue		57,468		55,397		50,937
Subscriber equipment:
United States		12,899		11,103		12,038
Canada		3,654		3,524		2,599
Europe		1,297		1,456		1,045
Central and South America		798		1,046		1,292
Others		202		301		30
Total subscriber equipment revenue		18,850		17,430		17,004
Total revenue	$	76,318	$	72,827	$	67,941

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	1,209,374	$	1,211,795
Canada		277		324
Europe		474		155
Central and South America		3,463		3,638
Others		1,568		1,806
Total long-lived assets	$	1,215,156	$	1,217,718

STOCK COMPENSATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Schedule of Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value of Stock Options

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010

Risk-free interest rate		Less than 1 - 1	%		Less than 1 - 2	%		Less than 1	%
Expected term of options (years)		1 - 5			1 - 6			4 - 6
Volatility		80 - 103	%		80 - 103	%		80	%
Weighted average grant-date fair value	$	0.39		$	0.44		$	1.03

Schedule of Stock Option Activity

				Weighted Average
	Shares			Exercise Price
Outstanding at January 1, 2012		9,998,430		$	0.81
Granted		805,200			0.61
Exercised		(200,000	)		0.77
Forfeited		(317,100	)		1.33
Outstanding at December 31, 2012		10,286,530			0.89

Exercisable at December 31, 2012		4,572,797		$	0.87

Schedule of Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value of Restricted Stock

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Weighted average grant-date fair value	$	0.71	$	0.82	$	1.36

Schedule of Nonvested Restricted Stock Activity

				Weighted Average
	Shares			Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2012		609,774		$	4.05
Granted		364,333			0.71
Vested		(467,630	)		0.70
Forfeited		(31,410	)		1.13
Nonvested at December 31, 2012		475,067		$	4.66

Stock Options [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Schedule of Share-Based Compensation Expense

Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Cost of services	$	-	$	-	$	-
Marketing, general and administrative		0.7		1.3		0.7
Total compensation expense		0.7		1.3		0.7
Recognized income tax benefit		-		-		-
Total compensation expense, net of tax	$	0.7	$	1.3	$	0.7

Restricted Stock [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Schedule of Share-Based Compensation Expense

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Cost of services	$	-	$	0.1	$	(0.2	)
Marketing, general and administrative		-		0.3		0.4
Total compensation expense		-		0.4		0.2
Recognized income tax benefit		-		-		-
Total compensation expense, net of tax	$	-	$	0.4	$	0.2

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS [Abstract]

Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Accumulated minimum pension liability adjustment	$	(7,969	)	$	(8,047	)
Accumulated net foreign currency translation adjustment		6,211			4,947
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	(1,758	)	$	(3,100	)

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION [Abstract]

Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Balance Sheet

As of December 31, 2012

	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries			Elimination			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	10,220		$	251		$	1,321		$	-		$	11,792
Restricted cash		46,777			-			-			-			46,777
Accounts receivable		3,814			4,875			5,255			-			13,944
Intercompany receivables		613,426			411,764			5,534			(1,030,724	)		-
Inventory		262			6,966			34,953			-			42,181
Deferred financing costs		34,622			-			-			-			34,622
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		2,177			388			2,668			-			5,233
Total current assets		711,298			424,244			49,731			(1,030,724	)		154,549
Property and equipment, net		1,095,973			31,382			86,762			1,039			1,215,156
Restricted cash		-			-			-			-			-
Intercompany notes receivable		15,783			-			1,800			(17,583	)		-
Investment in subsidiaries		(144,323	)		(8,232	)		-			152,555			-
Deferred financing costs		16,883			-			-			-			16,883
Advances for inventory		9,158			-			-			-			9,158
Intangible and other assets, net		3,991			1,781			2,273			(16	)		8,029
Total assets	$	1,708,763		$	449,175		$	140,566		$	(894,729	)	$	1,403,775

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	$	655,874		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	655,874
Accounts payable		12,055			2,410			21,220			-			35,685
Accrued contract termination charge		23,166			-			-			-			23,166
Accrued expenses		6,492			9,798			11,874			-			28,164
Intercompany payables		377,526			494,686			156,166			(1,028,378	)		-
Payables to affiliates		230			-			-			-			230
Deferred revenue		4,576			12,674			791			-			18,041
Total current liabilities		1,079,919			519,568			190,051			(1,028,378	)		761,160
Long-term debt, less current portion		95,155			-			-			-			95,155
Employee benefit obligations		7,221			-			-			-			7,221
Intercompany notes payable		-			-			16,683			(16,683	)		-
Derivative liabilities		25,175			-			-			-			25,175
Deferred revenue		4,306			334			-			-			4,640
Other non-current liabilities		2,443			2,233			11,204			-			15,880
Total non-current liabilities		134,300			2,567			27,887			(16,683	)		148,071
Stockholders' equity		494,544			(72,960	)		(77,372	)		150,332			494,544
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	1,708,763		$	449,175		$	140,566		$	(894,729	)	$	1,403,775

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Balance Sheet

As of December 31, 2011

	Parent Company			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries			Elimination			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	7,343		$	587		$	2,021		$	-		$	9,951
Restricted cash		-			-			-			-			-
Accounts receivable		3,363			4,322			4,708			-			12,393
Intercompany receivables		538,876			351,510			13,923			(904,309	)		-
Inventory		1			4,564			37,283			-			41,848
Deferred financing costs		-			-			-			-			-
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		2,846			303			2,132			-			5,281
Total current assets		552,429			361,286			60,067			(904,309	)		69,473
Property and equipment, net		1,070,543			60,872			87,624			(1,321	)		1,217,718
Restricted cash		46,776			-			-			-			46,776
Intercompany notes receivable		40,456			-			1,800			(42,256	)		-
Investment in subsidiaries		(106,377	)		(18,629	)		-			125,006			-
Deferred financing costs		53,409			-			73			-			53,482
Advances for inventory		9,158			-			-			-			9,158
Intangible and other assets, net		12,773			2,988			8,052			(15	)		23,798
Total assets	$	1,679,167		$	406,517		$	157,616		$	(822,895	)	$	1,420,405

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Accounts payable		19,346			1,953			26,509			-			47,808
Accrued contract termination charge		-			-			-			-			-
Accrued expenses		11,558			8,459			8,789			-			28,806
Intercompany payables		333,201			427,852			142,966			(904,019	)		-
Payables to affiliates		378			-			-			-			378
Deferred revenue		1,043			12,740			805			-			14,588
Total current liabilities		365,526			451,004			179,069			(904,019	)		91,580
Long-term debt, less current portion		723,888			-			-			-			723,888
Employee benefit obligations		7,407			-			-			-			7,407
Intercompany notes payable		-			-			41,356			(41,356	)		-
Derivative liabilities		38,996			-			-			-			38,996
Deferred revenue		6,695			600			-			-			7,295
Other non-current liabilities		2,860			3,837			10,747			-			17,444
Total non-current liabilities		779,846			4,437			52,103			(41,356	)		795,030
Stockholders' equity		533,795			(48,924	)		(73,556	)		122,480			533,795
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	1,679,167		$	406,517		$	157,616		$	(822,895	)	$	1,420,405

Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2012

							Non-
	Parent			Guarantor			Guarantor
	Company			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
Service revenues	$	48,845		$	44,208		$	15,729		$	(51,314	)	$	57,468
Subscriber equipment sales		825			15,225			7,855			(5,055	)		18,850
Total revenue		49,670			59,433			23,584			(56,369	)		76,318
Operating expenses:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation, amortization, and accretion shown separately below)		7,992			7,265			8,190			(219	)		23,228
Cost of subscriber equipment sales		292			11,827			7,560			(6,399	)		13,280
Cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory		-			1,274			123			-			1,397
Marketing, general and administrative		6,943			19,062			12,860			(4,526	)		34,339
Reduction in the value of long-lived assets		79			7,139			-			-			7,218
Contract termination charge		22,048			-			-			-			22,048
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion		49,132			48,869			17,308			(45,508	)		69,801
Total operating expenses		86,486			95,436			46,041			(56,652	)		171,311
Loss from operations		(36,816	)		(36,003	)		(22,457	)		283			(94,993	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income and expense, net of amounts capitalized		(19,744	)		(10	)		(1,731	)		(1	)		(21,486	)
Derivative gain (loss)		6,974			-			-			-			6,974
Equity in subsidiary earnings		(60,302	)		10,237			-			50,065			-
Other		(2,078	)		(141	)		16			(77	)		(2,280	)
Total other income (expense)		(75,150	)		10,086			(1,715	)		49,987			(16,792	)
Loss before income taxes		(111,966	)		(25,917	)		(24,172	)		50,270			(111,785	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		232			41			140			-			413
Net (loss) income	$	(112,198	)	$	(25,958	)	$	(24,312	)	$	50,270		$	(112,198	)

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2011

							Non-
	Parent			Guarantor			Guarantor
	Company			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
Service revenues	$	30,904		$	28,850		$	16,102		$	(20,459	)	$	55,397
Subscriber equipment sales		790			13,115			7,619			(4,094	)		17,430
Total revenue		31,694			41,965			23,721			(24,553	)		72,827
Operating expenses:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation, amortization, and accretion shown separately below)		13,025			7,293			12,707			(3,779	)		29,246
Cost of subscriber equipment sales		723			9,913			5,636			(4,345	)		11,927
Cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory		-			1,254			7,572			-			8,826
Marketing, general and administrative		9,285			23,107			10,044			-			42,436
Reduction in the value of long-lived assets		1,074			2,453			51			-			3,578
Contract termination charge		-			-			-			-			-
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion		24,298			28,006			14,589			(16,844	)		50,049
Total operating expenses		48,405			72,026			50,599			(24,968	)		146,062
Loss from operations		(16,711	)		(30,061	)		(26,878	)		415			(73,235	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income and expense, net of amounts capitalized		(2,713	)		(5	)		(2,099	)		8			(4,809	)
Derivative gain (loss)		23,839			-			-			-			23,839
Equity in subsidiary earnings		(59,466	)		9,392			-			50,074			-
Other		145			(76	)		(783	)		(114	)		(828	)
Total other income (expense)		(38,195	)		9,311			(2,882	)		49,968			18,202
Loss before income taxes		(54,906	)		(20,750	)		(29,760	)		50,383			(55,033	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		18			1			(128	)		-			(109	)
Net (loss) income	$	(54,924	)	$	(20,751	)	$	(29,632	)	$	50,383		$	(54,924	)

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2010

							Non-
	Parent			Guarantor			Guarantor
	Company			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
Service revenues	$	10,603		$	35,691		$	16,579		$	(11,936	)	$	50,937
Subscriber equipment sales		281			14,738			6,781			(4,796	)		17,004
Total revenue		10,884			50,429			23,360			(16,732	)		67,941
Operating expenses:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation, amortization, and accretion shown separately below)		10,678			12,468			19,799			(11,773	)		31,172
Cost of subscriber equipment sales		131			12,509			5,348			(4,806	)		13,182
Cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory		59			761			10,042			-			10,862
Marketing, general and administrative		6,620			24,546			10,770			(109	)		41,827
Reduction in the value of long-lived assets		546			2,703			-			-			3,249
Contract termination charge		-			-			-			-			-
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion		1,658			23,055			3,193			(488	)		27,418
Total operating expenses		19,692			76,042			49,152			(17,176	)		127,710
Loss from operations		(8,808	)		(25,613	)		(25,792	)		444			(59,769	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income and expense, net of amounts capitalized		(3,029	)		(1	)		(1,561	)		(6	)		(4,597	)
Derivative gain (loss)		(29,975	)		-			-			-			(29,975	)
Equity in subsidiary earnings		(51,651	)		(8,494	)		-			60,145			-
Other		(3,952	)		340			1,332			(450	)		(2,730	)
Total other income (expense)		(88,607	)		(8,155	)		(229	)		59,689			(37,302	)
Loss before income taxes		(97,415	)		(33,768	)		(26,021	)		60,133			(97,071	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		52			50			294			-			396
Net (loss) income	$	(97,467	)	$	(33,818	)	$	(26,315	)	$	60,133		$	(97,467	)

Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended December 31, 2012

							Non-
	Parent			Guarantor			Guarantor
	Company			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations		Consolidated
	(In thousands)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	7,720		$	61		$	(907	)	$	-	$	6,874

Cash flows from investing activities:
Second-generation satellites, ground and related launch costs		(56,679	)		-			-			-		(56,679	)
Property and equipment additions		-			(397	)		(384	)		-		(781	)
Investment in businesses		(550	)		-			-			-		(550	)
Net cash from investing activities		(57,229	)		(397	)		(384	)		-		(58,010	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from exercise of warrants and stock options		244			-			-			-		244
Borrowings from Facility Agreement		7,375			-			-			-		7,375
Proceeds from Contingent Equity Agreement		45,800			-			-			-		45,800
Payment of deferred financing costs		(1,033	)		-			-			-		(1,033	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		52,386			-			-			-		52,386
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		-			-			591			-		591
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		2,877			(336	)		(700	)		-		1,841
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		7,343			587			2,021			-		9,951
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	10,220		$	251		$	1,321		$	-	$	11,792

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended December 31, 2011

							Non-
	Parent			Guarantor			Guarantor
	Company			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In thousands)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(10,758	)	$	3,819		$	1,445		$	(9	)	$	(5,503	)

Cash flows from investing activities:
Second-generation satellites, ground and related launch costs		(85,589	)		-			-			-			(85,589	)
Property and equipment additions		-			(2,466	)		(137	)		9			(2,594	)
Investment in businesses		(800	)		-			-			-			(800	)
Restricted cash		(10,436	)		-			-			-			(10,436	)
Net cash from investing activities		(96,825	)		(2,466	)		(137	)		9			(99,419	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from exercise of warrants and stock options		525			-			-			-			525
Borrowings from Facility Agreement		18,659			-			-			-			18,659
Proceeds from the issuance of 5.0% convertible notes		38,000			-			-			-			38,000
Proceeds from the contribution to the debt service reserve account		12,500			-			-			-			12,500
Proceeds from Contingent Equity Agreement		14,200												14,200
Payment of deferred financing costs		(1,246	)		-			-			-			(1,246	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		82,638			-			-			-			82,638
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		-			-			(782	)		-			(782	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(24,945	)		1,353			526			-			(23,066	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		32,288			(766	)		1,495			-			33,017
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	7,343		$	587		$	2,021		$	-		$	9,951

Globalstar, Inc.

Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended December 31, 2010

							Non-
	Parent			Guarantor			Guarantor
	Company			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In thousands)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(28,895	)	$	4,445		$	522		$	590		$	(23,338	)

Cash flows from investing activities:
Second-generation satellites, ground and related launch costs		(201,108	)		-			-			(16	)		(201,124	)
Property and equipment additions		(1,307	)		(5,696	)		(283	)		-			(7,286	)
Investment in businesses		(1,110	)		-			-			-			(1,110	)
Restricted cash		4,129			-			-			-			4,129
Net cash from investing activities		(199,396	)		(5,696	)		(283	)		(16	)		(205,391	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Borrowings from Facility Agreement		188,417			-			-			-			188,417
Payment of deferred financing costs		(70	)		-			-			-			(70	)
Proceeds from exercise of warrants and issuance of common stock		6,323			-			-			-			6,323
Net cash provided by financing activities		194,670			-			-			-			194,670
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		-			-			(231	)		(574	)		(805	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(33,621	)		(1,251	)		8			-			(34,864	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		65,909			485			1,487			-			67,881
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	32,288		$	(766	)	$	1,495		$	-		$	33,017

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) [Abstract]

Schedule of Unaudited Quarterly Financial Information

	Quarter Ended
2012	March 31			June 30			Sept. 30			Dec. 31
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Total revenue	$	16,738		$	19,981		$	20,537		$	19,062
Net loss	$	(24,525	)	$	(27,533	)	$	(41,188	)	$	(18,952	)
Basic loss per common share	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.10	)	$	(0.05	)
Diluted loss per common share	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.10	)	$	(0.05	)
Shares used in basic per share calculations		357,418			379,433			392,344			424,180
Shares used in diluted per share calculations		357,418			379,433			392,344			424,180

	Quarter Ended
2011	March 31			June 30			Sept. 30			Dec. 31
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Total revenue	$	18,254		$	18,999		$	18,187		$	17,387
Net loss	$	(6,466	)	$	(14,068	)	$	(681	)	$	(33,709	)
Basic loss per common share	$	(0.02	)	$	(0.05	)	$	(0.00	)	$	(0.11	)
Diluted loss per common share	$	(0.02	)	$	(0.05	)	$	(0.00	)	$	(0.11	)
Shares used in basic per share calculations		293,053			294,963			295,513			312,867
Shares used in diluted per share calculations		293,053			294,963			295,513			312,867

	Quarter Ended
2010	March 31			June 30			Sept. 30			Dec. 31
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Total revenue	$	15,571		$	17,622		$	18,223		$	16,525
Net loss	$	(35,642	)	$	(19,249	)	$	(24,493	)	$	(18,083	)
Basic loss per common share	$	(0.13	)	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.09	)	$	(0.05	)
Diluted loss per common share	$	(0.13	)	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.09	)	$	(0.05	)
Shares used in basic per share calculations		275,370			282,080			287,502			291,818
Shares used in diluted per share calculations		275,370			282,080			287,502			291,818

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands, shares in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Restricted Cash
Withdrawl of restricted cash held in debt reserve account	$ 9,800
Accounts Receivable
Balance at beginning of period	$ 6,667	$ 7,296	$ 5,971	$ 5,735
Provision, net of recoveries		1,097	1,995	519
Write-offs and other adjustments		(1,726)	(670)	(283)
Balance at end of period		6,667	7,296	5,971
Inventory
Cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory		1,397	8,826	10,862
Deferred Financing Costs
Deferred financing costs		51,500	53,500
Amortization of deferred financing costs		7,907	3,673	3,355
Asset Retirement Obligation
Asset Retirement Obligation		1,000	900
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expense		300	1,900	3,700
Advertising Expenses
Advertising expense		1,900	2,000	2,600
Foreign Currency
Foreign currency translation adjustments		1,264	358	1,534
Foreign currency transaction losses		$ 2,000	$ 500	$ 100
Loss Per Share
Total Borrowed Shares excluded from computation and reporting of earnings per share		17.3	17.3	17.3
Space Component [Member] \| Global Star System [Member]
Property and Equipment
Estimated useful live		6.5 years from commencement of service for the first-generation satellites launched in 2007 and 15 years from the commencement of service for the second-generation satellites
Ground Component [Member] \| Global Star System [Member]
Property and Equipment
Estimated useful live		Up to periods of 15 years from commencement of service
Furniture Fixtures And Equipment [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property and Equipment
Estimated useful live		3 years
Furniture Fixtures And Equipment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property and Equipment
Estimated useful live		10 years
Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Property and Equipment
Estimated useful live		Shorter of lease term or the estimated useful lives of the improvements
Building [Member]
Property and Equipment
Estimated useful live		18 years

MANAGEMENT'S PLANS REGARDING FUTURE OPERATIONS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 28, 2012
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Maximum value of shares required to be purchased per terms of stock purchase agreement		$ 30,000
Contingent equity account withdrawl	$ 60,000

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	$ 1,418,270	$ 1,362,554
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(203,114)	(144,836)
Property and equipment, net	1,215,156	1,217,718
Internally developed and purchased software [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	14,414	14,052
Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	12,800	12,333
Land and Building [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	4,003	4,152
Leasehold improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	1,512	1,402
Global Star System [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	1,385,541	1,330,615
Global Star System [Member] \| Space Component [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	934,900	532,487
Global Star System [Member] \| Ground Component [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	49,089	49,109
Global Star System [Member] \| Construction in Progress [Member] \| Space Component [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	299,209	650,920
Global Star System [Member] \| Construction in Progress [Member] \| Ground Component [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	84,423	80,071
Global Star System [Member] \| Construction in Progress [Member] \| Other [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	$ 17,920	$ 18,028

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Capitalized Interest and Depreciation Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]
Total Interest Capitalized	$ 216,477	$ 176,361
Current Period Interest Capitalized	40,116	54,139	$ 47,122
Depreciation Expense	$ 67,289	$ 46,952	$ 24,435

LONG-TERM DEBT (Long-term Debt) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, less current portion	$ 95,155	$ 723,888
Total debt	800,121
Less: current portion	655,874
5.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	38,000
8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	55,000
5.75% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	71,800	71,800
Carrying Value [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, less current portion	95,155	723,888
Total debt	751,029	723,888
Less: current portion	655,874
Carrying Value [Member] \| Facility Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	585,670	578,295
Carrying Value [Member] \| Subordinated Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	49,822	43,255
Carrying Value [Member] \| 5.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	16,701	13,077
Carrying Value [Member] \| 8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	28,632	25,203
Carrying Value [Member] \| 5.75% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	70,204	64,058
Principal Amount [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	800,121	783,948
Less: current portion	657,474
Long term debt	142,647	783,948
Principal Amount [Member] \| Facility Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	585,670	578,295
Principal Amount [Member] \| Subordinated Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	53,499	47,384
Principal Amount [Member] \| 5.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	40,920	38,949
Principal Amount [Member] \| 8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	48,228	47,516
Principal Amount [Member] \| 5.75% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	$ 71,804	$ 71,804

LONG-TERM DEBT (Facility Agreement) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Oct. 24, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured facility agreement		$ 586,300
Senior secured facility agreement maturity period		84 months
Percentage of guarantee provided by French export credit agency to lending syndicate		95.00%
Restricted cash under facility agreement		$ 46,777
Amount available under the Facility Agreement		$ 3,000
Through December 2012 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest above LIBOR rate		2.07%
Through December 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest above LIBOR rate		2.25%
Thereafter [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest above LIBOR rate		2.40%
Domestic Subsidiaries [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of equity pledged as collateral		100.00%
Foreign Subsidiaries [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of equity pledged as collateral		65.00%
Facility Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount to be funded in debt service reserve account		$ 46,800
Minimum required balance		46,800
Amount of withdrawl permitted by facility agreement agent from debt service account in excess of required balance to pay for capital expenditure costs for the fourth launch of the Company's second-generation satellites	$ 8,900
Additional funding permitted by lenders under facility agreement			$ 2,300
Funding not permitted by lenders under facility agreement		$ 700

LONG-TERM DEBT (Contingent Equity Agreement) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 19, 2012	Jun. 19, 2011	Jun. 19, 2010
Thermo [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Contingent equity account	$ 60,000
Contingent Equity Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Contingent equity account
Warrants reclassified to equity		$ 5,900	$ 6,000	$ 11,900
Interest earned from funds previously held in the Contingent Equity Account that have been released to the company	1,100
Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] \| Thermo [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Contingent equity account	$ 60,000
Forward-looking period	90 months
Percent to be paid as availability fee	10.00%
Per share value	$ 0.01
Warrant Exercise Period	5 years
Calculation of shares issued under the warrants description	The number of shares issuable under the warrants is calculated by taking the outstanding funds available in the contingent equity account multiplied by 10% divided by the lower of the Company's common stock price on the issuance date or $1.37, but not to be lower than $0.20.
Percentage of closing price of common stock	80.00%
Number of trading days	15 days
Discount on shares	20.00%
Percentage of ownership interest that trigger issuance of voting common stock	70.00%

LONG-TERM DEBT (Contingent Equity Account) (Details)
$ in Thousands

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

USD ($)

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Draws

$ 60,000

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Available Amount

Warrants Issued | shares

41,467,980

Shares Issued | shares

160,916,223

Draws

$ 60,000

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range One [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Jun. 19, 2009

Available Amount

$ 60,000

Warrants Issued | shares

4,379,562

^[1]

Shares Issued | shares

Draws

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Two [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Dec. 31, 2009

Available Amount

$ 60,000

Warrants Issued | shares

2,516,990

^[2]

Shares Issued | shares

Draws

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Three [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Jun. 19, 2010

Available Amount

$ 60,000

Warrants Issued | shares

4,379,562

^[3]

Shares Issued | shares

Draws

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Four [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Jun. 19, 2011

Available Amount

$ 60,000

Warrants Issued | shares

620,438

^[4]

Shares Issued | shares

Draws

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Five [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Jun. 19, 2011

Available Amount

$ 60,000

Warrants Issued | shares

5,000,000

^[5]

Shares Issued | shares

Draws

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Six [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Nov. 04, 2011

Available Amount

$ 54,600

Warrants Issued | shares

Shares Issued | shares

11,376,404

^[6]

Draws

$ 5,400

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Seven [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Nov. 30, 2011

Available Amount

$ 45,800

Warrants Issued | shares

Shares Issued | shares

25,229,358

^[7]

Draws

$ 8,800

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Eight [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Jan. 11, 2012

Available Amount

$ 36,000

Warrants Issued | shares

Shares Issued | shares

22,546,012

^[8]

Draws

$ 9,800

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Nine [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Mar. 23, 2012

Available Amount

$ 27,300

Warrants Issued | shares

Shares Issued | shares

14,135,615

^[9]

Draws

$ 8,700

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Ten [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

May 30, 2012

Available Amount

$ 22,800

Warrants Issued | shares

Shares Issued | shares

14,204,545

^[10]

Draws

$ 4,500

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Eleven [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Jun. 19, 2012

Available Amount

$ 22,800

Warrants Issued | shares

16,428,571

^[11]

Shares Issued | shares

Draws

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Twelve [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Jun. 19, 2012

Available Amount

$ 22,800

Warrants Issued | shares

8,142,857

^[12],[13]

Shares Issued | shares

Draws

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Thirteen [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Oct. 15, 2012

Available Amount

$ 15,500

Warrants Issued | shares

Shares Issued | shares

20,338,039

^[14]

Draws

$ 7,300

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Fourteen [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Nov. 23, 2012

Available Amount

$ 8,525

Warrants Issued | shares

Shares Issued | shares

25,141,538

^[15]

Draws

$ 6,975

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] | Range Fifteen [Member]

Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]

Origination of the Agreement

Dec. 31, 2012

Available Amount

Warrants Issued | shares

Shares Issued | shares

27,944,712

^[16]

Draws

$ 8,525

[1]	Warrants to purchase common stock were issued to Thermo for the annual availability fee pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[2]	Additional warrants were issued to Thermo due to the reset provisions in the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[3]	Warrants to purchase common stock were issued to Thermo for the annual availability fee pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[4]	Additional warrants were issued to Thermo due to the reset provisions in the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[5]	Warrants to purchase common stock were issued to Thermo for the annual availability fee pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[6]	Shares of common stock were issued to Thermo resulting from the Company's draws on the contingent equity account pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[7]	Shares of common stock were issued to Thermo resulting from the Company's draws on the contingent equity account pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[8]	Shares of common stock were issued to Thermo resulting from the Company's draws on the contingent equity account pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[9]	Shares of common stock were issued to Thermo resulting from the Company's draws on the contingent equity account pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[10]	Shares of common stock were issued to Thermo resulting from the Company's draws on the contingent equity account pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[11]	Additional warrants were issued to Thermo due to the reset provisions in the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[12]	Warrants issued on June 19, 2012 are not subject to the reset provisions in the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[13]	Warrants to purchase common stock were issued to Thermo for the annual availability fee pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[14]	Shares of common stock were issued to Thermo resulting from the Company's draws on the contingent equity account pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[15]	Shares of common stock were issued to Thermo resulting from the Company's draws on the contingent equity account pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.
[16]	Shares of common stock were issued to Thermo resulting from the Company's draws on the contingent equity account pursuant to the terms of the Contingent Equity Agreement.

LONG-TERM DEBT (Subordinated Loan) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2009 USD ($)
Thermo [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 37,500
Subordinated Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt discount	5,200
Subordinated Loan [Member] \| Remaining Amount [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt discount	3,700
Subordinated Loan [Member] \| Interest Amount [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Interest	16,000
Subordinated Loan [Member] \| Thermo [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 25,000	$ 25,000
Loan accrues interest Rate	12.00%
Number of common stock to be purchased with warrant \| shares	4,205,608
Exercise price of common stock, per share \| $ / shares	$ 0.01
Warrants exercise period	5 years
Percentage of ownership interest that trigger issuance of voting common stock	70.00%
Advance under subordinated loan agreement		$ 20,000
Number of company vendors		2

LONG-TERM DEBT (5.00% Convertible Senior Notes) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012
5.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Long-term Debt [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount convertible notes issued	$ 38,000
Convertible notes stated interest rate	5.00%
Exercise price of common stock, per share	$ 1.25
Conversion of notes into shares of common stock	800
Debt conversion amount	$ 1,000
Notes maturity terms	The 5.0% Notes will mature at the earlier to occur of (i) December 14, 2021, or (ii) six months following the maturity date of the Facility Agreement and bear interest at a rate of 5.0% per annum. Interest on the 5.0% Notes will be payable in-kind semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year.
Notes Converted	0	0
Debt		$ 11,316
Fair value of warrants		8,081
Beneficial Conversion Feature		17,100
Contingent Put Feature		1,503
Face Value		$ 38,000
5.0% Warrants [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Long-term Debt [Line Items]
Notes Converted		0
5.0% Warrants [Member] \| 5.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Long-term Debt [Line Items]
Common stock that can be purchased upon exercise of warrant	15,200,000
Conversion price per share of common stock	$ 1.25
Warrants exercise period	5 years
5.0% Warrants [Member] \| Value of warrants issued in connection with the contingent equity account loan fee [Member] \| 5.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Schedule of Capitalization, Long-term Debt [Line Items]
Warrants interest rate	5.00%

LONG-TERM DEBT (8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes) (Details) - 8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2009
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount convertible notes maximum borrowing capacity			$ 55,000
Convertible debt issuance year			2009
Number of warrants that can be purchased through agreement			15,300,000
Notes interest payment term			Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year.
Convertible debt maturity date			Jun. 19, 2019
Convertible notes stated interest rate			8.00%
Conversion of notes into shares of common stock	16,100,000	14,200,000
Debt conversion amount	$ 17,600	$ 15,600
Warrants exercise price	$ 0.32
Base conversion price	$ 1.59
Fair value of compound embedded derivative	$ 23,542
Fair value of warrants	12,791
Debt	18,667
Face Value	$ 55,000

LONG-TERM DEBT (5.75% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes) (Details) - 5.75% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2008	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible debt issuance year	2008
Aggregate principal amount convertible notes issued	$ 150,000
Percentage of debt purchase price	100.00%
Convertible debt maturity date	Apr. 01, 2028
Notes interest payment term	Interest on the 5.75% Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year.
Base conversion price	$ 6.02
Number of shares issuable per conversion of $1,000 of principal of convertible notes	166.1
Aggregate principal of originally issued convertible notes converted into common stock	$ 36,000
Percentage of originally issued convertible notes converted into common stock	24.00%
Aggregate principal of additional issued convertible notes converted into common stock and cash	$ 42,200
Percentage of additional issued convertible notes converted into common stock and cash	28.00%
Aggregate sum of shares issued from conversion of convertible notes	23,600,000
Early conversion make whole amount provided to holders of converted or exchanged notes	$ 9,300
Additional consideration provided to convertible note holders to induce exchanges	$ 1,100
Remaining outstanding principal balance		$ 71,800	$ 71,800
Maximum base conversion rate of common stock per $1,000 of principal		241,000

LONG-TERM DEBT (Share Lending Agreement) (Details) - Share Lending Agreement [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 18, 2008
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Share lending agreement, share issued			36,144,570
Borrowed Shares remained outstanding	17,300,000	17,300,000
Unamortized amount of issuance costs associated with the Share Lending Agreement	$ 0.4	$ 2.3
Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Return fee for loans settle in stock under share lending agreement expressed as cost per share				$ 0.005
Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Return fee for loans settle in stock under share lending agreement expressed as cost per share				$ 0.05
Initially Loaned [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Share lending agreement, share issued	32,000,000
Additional Shares [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Share lending agreement, share issued	4,100,000

LONG-TERM DEBT (Terrapin Opportunity, L.P. Common Stock Purchase Agreement) (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 28, 2012 USD ($)
LONG-TERM DEBT [Abstract]
Maximum value of shares required to be purchased per terms of stock purchase agreement	$ 30.0
Stock purchase agreement term	24 months
Minimum discount percentage per each share purchased under the stock purchase agreement	3.50%
Maximum discount percentage per each share purchased under the stock purchase agreement	8.00%
Maximum beneficial ownership percentage allowed per terms of stock purchase agreement	9.90%

LONG-TERM DEBT (Warrants Outstanding) (Details) - $ / shares

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Warrant Liability [Line Items]

Warrants outstanding

122,480,294

76,788,954

Contingent Equity Agreement [Member]

Warrant Liability [Line Items]

Warrants outstanding

41,467,980

^[1]

16,896,552

^[2]

Strike Price

$ 0.01

^[3]

$ 0.01

^[4]

Subordinated Loan [Member]

Warrant Liability [Line Items]

Warrants outstanding

4,205,608

Strike Price

$ 0.01

5.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]

Warrant Liability [Line Items]

Warrants outstanding

15,200,000

^[5]

15,200,000

^[6]

Strike Price

$ 1.25

^[7]

$ 1.25

^[8]

8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]

Warrant Liability [Line Items]

Warrants outstanding

61,606,706

^[9]

40,486,794

^[10]

Strike Price

$ 0.32

^[11]

$ 0.49

^[12]

Previous warrant strike price

$ 0.49

Additional warrant issued

21,700,000

[1]	On certain valuation dates, additional warrants were issued due to reset provisions in the agreement.
[2]	On certain valuation dates, additional warrants were issued due to reset provisions in the agreement.
[3]	On certain valuation dates, additional warrants were issued due to reset provisions in the agreement.
[4]	On certain valuation dates, additional warrants were issued due to reset provisions in the agreement.
[5]	Subject to reset on April 15, 2015, if the Company's common stock is below the initial conversion and exercise price.
[6]	Subject to reset on April 15, 2015, if the Company's common stock is below the initial conversion and exercise price.
[7]	Subject to reset on April 15, 2015, if the Company's common stock is below the initial conversion and exercise price.
[8]	Subject to reset on April 15, 2015, if the Company's common stock is below the initial conversion and exercise price.
[9]	According to the terms of the 8.00% Notes, additional 8.00% Warrants may be issued to holders if shares of common stock are issued below the then current warrant reset price ($0.32 as of December 31, 2012). During the second quarter of 2012, the Company issued stock at $0.32 per share, which was below the previous strike price of $0.49, in connection with the contingent consideration paid as part of the acquisition of Axonn. Given this transaction and the related provisions in the warrant agreements, the holders of the 8.00% Warrants received additional 8.00% Warrants to purchase 21.7 million more shares of common stock. No additional warrants were issued during the third or fourth quarter of 2012.
[10]	According to the terms of the 8.00% Notes, additional 8.00% Warrants may be issued to holders if shares of common stock are issued below the then current warrant reset price ($0.32 as of December 31, 2012). During the second quarter of 2012, the Company issued stock at $0.32 per share, which was below the previous strike price of $0.49, in connection with the contingent consideration paid as part of the acquisition of Axonn. Given this transaction and the related provisions in the warrant agreements, the holders of the 8.00% Warrants received additional 8.00% Warrants to purchase 21.7 million more shares of common stock. No additional warrants were issued during the third or fourth quarter of 2012.
[11]	According to the terms of the 8.00% Notes, additional 8.00% Warrants may be issued to holders if shares of common stock are issued below the then current warrant reset price ($0.32 as of December 31, 2012). During the second quarter of 2012, the Company issued stock at $0.32 per share, which was below the previous strike price of $0.49, in connection with the contingent consideration paid as part of the acquisition of Axonn. Given this transaction and the related provisions in the warrant agreements, the holders of the 8.00% Warrants received additional 8.00% Warrants to purchase 21.7 million more shares of common stock. No additional warrants were issued during the third or fourth quarter of 2012.
[12]	According to the terms of the 8.00% Notes, additional 8.00% Warrants may be issued to holders if shares of common stock are issued below the then current warrant reset price ($0.32 as of December 31, 2012). During the second quarter of 2012, the Company issued stock at $0.32 per share, which was below the previous strike price of $0.49, in connection with the contingent consideration paid as part of the acquisition of Axonn. Given this transaction and the related provisions in the warrant agreements, the holders of the 8.00% Warrants received additional 8.00% Warrants to purchase 21.7 million more shares of common stock. No additional warrants were issued during the third or fourth quarter of 2012.

LONG-TERM DEBT (Maturities of Long-term Debt) (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)
LONG-TERM DEBT [Abstract]
2013	$ 657,474
2014
2015
2016
2017
Thereafter	142,647
Total	$ 800,121

DERIVATIVES (Fair Value of Derivative Instruments Balance Sheet Location) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Total intangible and other assets	$ 84	$ 255
Derivative liabilities	(25,175)	(38,996)
Interest Rate Cap [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Intangible and other assets, net	84	255
Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	(4,163)	(7,111)
Warrants Issued With 8.0% Notes [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	(18,034)	(22,673)
Warrants issued in conjunction with Contingent Equity Agreement [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities		(6,155)
Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	$ (2,978)	$ (3,057)

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Fair values as of the balance sheet date of all assets resulting from contracts that meet the criteria of being accounted for as derivative instruments which are expected to exist longer than one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer, net of the effects of master netting arrangements.

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Fair values as of the balance sheet date of all liabilities resulting from contracts that meet the criteria of being accounted for as derivative instruments, and which are expected to be extinguished or otherwise disposed of after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer, net of the effects of master netting arrangements.

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DERIVATIVES (Fair Value of Derivative Instruments Statements of Operation Location) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative gain (loss)	$ 6,974	$ 23,839	$ (29,975)
Interest Rate Cap [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative gain (loss)	(171)	(745)	(5,801)
Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative gain (loss)	2,546	15,361	(10,676)
Warrants Issued With 8.0% Notes [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative gain (loss)	4,218	6,687	(11,197)
Warrants issued in conjunction with Contingent Equity Agreement [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative gain (loss)	302	4,090	(2,301)
Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative gain (loss)	$ 79	$ (1,554)

DERIVATIVES (Additional Information) (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)
Interest Rate Cap [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Number of Interest rate cap agreements	5
Interest rate cap agreements period	10 years
Interest cap rate description	The interest rate cap provides limits on the six-month Libor rate (?Base Rate?) used to calculate the coupon interest on outstanding amounts on the Facility Agreement of 4.00% from the date of issuance through December 2012
Interest Rate Cap [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Interest cap rate notional amount	$ 14.8
Interest Rate Cap [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Interest cap rate notional amount	$ 586.3
Interest Rate Cap [Member] \| Six-month Libor rate [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Interest on outstanding amounts on the Facility Agreement	4.00%
Base rate to be capped, should the Base Rate not exceed 6.50%	5.50%
Base rate to be lowered from LIBOR, should the base rate exceed 6.50%	1.00%
Fee for interest rate cap agreements	$ 12.4
Warrants issued in conjunction with Contingent Equity Agreement [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Amortization period	1 year

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 19, 2012	Jun. 19, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2009
Warrants Issued In Conjunction With Contingent Equity Agreement [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Stock price volatility				108.00%
Conversion price of common stock				$ 1.2
Market price of common stock				$ 0.54
Closing stock price	$ 0.28	$ 1.2
Warrants Issued In Conjunction With Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rates				0.01%
Warrants Issued In Conjunction With Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rates				0.83%
Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Conversion price of common stock			$ 1.59	$ 1.61
Market price of common stock			$ 0.31	$ 0.54
Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Stock price volatility			34.00%	35.00%
Risk-free interest rates			0.02%	0.01%
Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Stock price volatility			107.00%	103.00%
Risk-free interest rates			1.78%	1.89%
Warrants Issued With 8.0% Notes [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Conversion price of common stock			$ 0.32	$ 0.49
Market price of common stock			$ 0.31	$ 0.54
Warrants Issued With 8.0% Notes [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Stock price volatility			34.00%	35.00%
Risk-free interest rates			0.02%	0.01%
Warrants Issued With 8.0% Notes [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Stock price volatility			107.00%	103.00%
Risk-free interest rates			1.78%	1.89%
Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Conversion price of common stock			$ 1.25	$ 1.25
Market price of common stock			$ 0.31	$ 0.54
Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Stock price volatility			34.00%	35.00%
Risk-free interest rates			0.02%	0.01%
Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Stock price volatility			107.00%	103.00%
Risk-free interest rates			1.78%	1.89%
Axonn [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Shares to be issued to exercise cash payment option for earnout payments			13,000,000
Issuance of voting common stock shares for settlement of earnout payments			14,146,737
Contingent Consideration [Member] \| Axonn [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Contingent consideration for earnouts			$ 10.4		$ 10.8
Additional earnout payment period					5 years
Company outstanding common stock, percent			10.00%
Remaining earnout payment to be paid			$ 5.2

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Reconciliation of Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS [Abstract]
Beginning balance	$ (43,959)	$ (66,838)
Issuance of contingent equity warrants		(8,313)
Issuance of contingent put feature embedded in 5.0% Notes		(1,503)
Derivative adjustment related to conversions and exercises	824	1,100
Contingent equity warrant liability reclassed to equity	5,853	5,955
Earnout payments made related to liability for contingent consideration	2,208	1,827
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(1,161)	(771)
Unrealized gain, included in derivative gain (loss)	7,144	24,584
Ending balance	$ (29,091)	$ (43,959)

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Schedule of Fair Value Measurements Used In Testing Impairment of Long-lived Assets) (Details) - Nonrecurring [Member] - Other Assets [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net
Intangible and other assets, net
Total other assets measured at fair value
Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net
Intangible and other assets, net
Total other assets measured at fair value
Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net	1,215,156	1,217,718
Intangible and other assets, net		23,798
Total other assets measured at fair value	1,215,156	1,241,516
Total Losses [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net	7,218	2,669
Intangible and other assets, net		909
Total other assets measured at fair value	$ 7,218	$ 3,578

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Impairment of Long-Lived Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Long-Lived Assets to be Abandoned [Line Items]
Reduction in value of long-lived assets	$ 8,615	$ 12,404	$ 16,014
Impairment of Property and Equipment [Member]
Long-Lived Assets to be Abandoned [Line Items]
Reduction in value of long-lived assets	$ 7,100
Impairment of Capitalized Costs [Member]
Long-Lived Assets to be Abandoned [Line Items]
Carrying value of asset prior to write down		2,700
Reduction in value of long-lived assets		2,700
Impairment of Intangible Assets [Member]
Long-Lived Assets to be Abandoned [Line Items]
Carrying value of asset prior to write down		6,100
Reduction in value of long-lived assets		$ 900

ACQUISITION OF AXONN (Consideration Paid for Business Acquisition) (Details) - Business Acquisition Acquiree Axonn [Member] - USD ($)	1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 18, 2009
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, consideration paid with cash		$ 1,500,000
Business acquisition, value of voting common stock issued as consideration		5,500,000
Business acquisition, number of voting common stock shares issued as consideration	6,298,058
Business acquistion, transaction costs		$ 500,000

ACQUISITION OF AXONN (Intangible Assets Acquired in Business Acquisition) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of acquired intangible assets	$ 1,200	$ 1,600	$ 1,500
Estimated future amortization expense for acquired intangible assets:
2013	700
2014	500
2015	300
2016	100
Thereafter	100
Axonn [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross amount	7,600	7,600
Write down	(909)	(909)
Accumulated amortization	(4,914)	(3,706)
Net balance	1,777	2,985
Axonn [Member] \| Developed Technology Rights [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross amount	5,300	5,300
Write down	(909)	(909)
Accumulated amortization	(3,156)	(2,428)
Net balance	$ 1,235	1,963
Useful life of acquired intangible assets	10 years
Axonn [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross amount	$ 2,100	2,100
Write down
Accumulated amortization	(1,558)	(1,078)
Net balance	$ 542	1,022
Useful life of acquired intangible assets	8 years
Axonn [Member] \| Trade Names [Member]
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross amount	$ 200	200
Write down
Accumulated amortization	(200)	(200)
Net balance
Useful life of acquired intangible assets	2 years

COMMITMENTS (Schedule of Future Payments Under Purchase Commitments) (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)
COMMITMENTS [Abstract]
2013	$ 59,110
2014	27,936
2015	12,057
2016
2017
Thereafter
Total minimum lease payments	$ 99,103

COMMITMENTS (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Commitments [Line Items]
Reduction in value of long-lived assets		$ 8,615	$ 12,404	$ 16,014
Impairment Of Property And Equipment [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Reduction in value of long-lived assets		7,100
Qualcomm Incorporated [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Advances for inventory		9,200	9,200
Qualcomm Incorporated [Member] \| Inventories [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Outstanding commitment balances		$ 8,800	$ 8,800
Qualcomm Incorporated [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Percentage of total advances for inventory paid		7.50%
Qualcomm Incorporated [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Percentage of total advances for inventory paid		25.00%
Hughes Network Systems LLC [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Deferred payments interest rate incurred		10.00%
Contract termination liability		$ 20,000
Hughes Network Systems LLC [Member] \| First Payment [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Payment debt		200
Hughes Network Systems LLC [Member] \| Second Payment [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Payment debt		800
Hughes Network Systems LLC [Member] \| Capitalized Cost [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		17,900
Costs incurred under capital expenditure contracts		72,700
Ericsson Next Generation Ground Network [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Deferred payments interest rate incurred	6.50%
Contract termination liability		10,000
Ericsson Next Generation Ground Network [Member] \| First Payment [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Payment debt	$ 100
Ericsson Next Generation Ground Network [Member] \| Second Payment [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Payment debt	100
Ericsson Next Generation Ground Network [Member] \| Deferred Payments [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Deferred milestone payments	$ 2,600
Ericsson Next Generation Ground Network [Member] \| Capitalized Cost [Member]
Commitments [Line Items]
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		2,600
Costs incurred under capital expenditure contracts		$ 6,800

COMMITMENTS (Schedule of Future Minimum Payments Under Operating Lease Agreements) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
COMMITMENTS [Abstract]
2013	$ 1,597
2014	872
2015	815
2016	767
2017	776
Thereafter	1,403
Total minimum lease payments	6,230
Rent expense	$ 2,000	$ 2,200	$ 2,100

CONTINGENCIES (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
CONTINGENCIES (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2012 EUR (€)	May 31, 2012 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Contract termination charge			$ 22,048	€ 17,500,000
Thales Alenia Space [Member] \| Settlement Agreement [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Contract termination, damages paid	€ 17,530,000
Thales Alenia Space [Member] \| Phase 2 [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Claim by Thales related to the Phase 2 satellites				€ 3,864,000
Thales Alenia Space [Member] \| Arbitration [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Contract termination, damages sought		€ 51,330,875
Contract termination, damages awarded		€ 53,000,000
Thales Alenia Space [Member] \| Discharge of Debt [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Contract termination, damages sought	€ 35,623,770

ACCRUED EXPENSES AND NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES (Accrued Expenses) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
ACCRUED EXPENSES AND NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES [Abstract]
Accrued interest	$ 5,620	$ 2,774
Accrued compensation and benefits	4,076	3,567
Accrued property and other taxes	6,329	5,369
Accrued customer liabilities and deposits	2,961	3,176
Accrued professional and other service provider fees	1,006	1,826
Accrued liability for contingent consideration	2,585	2,020
Accrued commissions	685	513
Accrued telecommunications expenses	713	1,580
Accrued satellite and ground construction costs	373	5,776
Other accrued expenses	3,816	2,205
Total accrued expenses	$ 28,164	$ 28,806

ACCRUED EXPENSES AND NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES (Activity in Warranty Reserve) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
ACCRUED EXPENSES AND NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES [Abstract]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 179	$ 56	$ 150
Provision	293	361	109
Utilization	(237)	(238)	(203)
Balance at end of period	$ 235	$ 179	$ 56

ACCRUED EXPENSES AND NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES (Non-current Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Other Long Term Liabilities [Line Items]
Long-term accrued interest	$ 457	$ 242
Asset retirement obligation	998	926
Deferred rent	579	717
Long-term liabilities related to the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the State of Louisiana	1,949	2,445
Long-term portion of liability for contingent consideration	1,332	2,944
Uncertain income tax positions	5,571	5,408
Foreign tax contingencies	4,994	4,762
Total non-current liabilities	$ 15,880	$ 17,444

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2009
8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 55,000
Thermo Capital Partners LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payables to Thermo and other affiliates	$ 200	$ 400
Contingent equity account	60,000
Short-term loan converted into nonvoting common stock	2,300
Maximum borrowing capacity	37,500
Thermo Capital Partners LLC [Member] \| 5.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notes purchased by related party	20,000
Thermo Capital Partners LLC [Member] \| 8.00% Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notes purchased by related party	$ 11,400

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Amount for accounts payable to related parties. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Expense Incurred on Behalf of Company) (Details) - Thermo Capital Partners LLC [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
General and administrative expenses	$ 180	$ 208	$ 371
Non-cash expenses	529	319	168
Total	$ 709	$ 527	$ 539

PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Schedule of Reconciliation of Projected Benefit Obligation, Plan Assets and Funded Status of Defined Benefit Plan) (Details) - Pension Plans [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Change in projected benefit obligation:
Projected benefit obligation, beginning of year	$ 17,812	$ 15,275
Service cost	66	51	$ 78
Interest cost	712	776	789
Actuarial loss	1,133	2,559
Benefits paid	(919)	(849)
Projected benefit obligation, end of year	18,804	17,812	15,275
Change in fair value of plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year	10,405	10,548
Return on plan assets	1,366	(131)
Employer contributions	731	837
Benefits paid	(919)	(849)
Fair value of plan assets, end of year	11,583	10,405	$ 10,548
Funded status, end of year- net liability	$ (7,221)	$ (7,407)

PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Schedule of Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost) (Details) - Pension Plans [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	$ 66	$ 51	$ 78
Interest cost	712	776	789
Expected return on plan assets	(739)	(791)	(723)
Amortization of unrecognized net actuarial loss	583	291	285
Total net periodic benefit cost	$ 622	$ 327	$ 429

- Definition

An amount calculated as a basis for determining the extent of delayed recognition of the effects of changes in the fair value of assets. The expected return on plan assets is determined based on the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets and the market-related value of plan assets.

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- Definition

The increase in a defined benefit pension plan's projected benefit obligation or a defined benefit postretirement plan's accumulated postretirement benefit obligation due to the passage of time.

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- Definition

The actuarial present value of benefits attributed by the pension benefit formula to services rendered by employees during the period. The portion of the expected postretirement benefit obligation attributed to employee service during the period. The service cost component is a portion of the benefit obligation and is unaffected by the funded status of the plan.

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PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Schedule of Amounts Recognized in the Balance Sheet) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Funded status recognized in other non-current liabilities	$ (7,221)	$ (7,407)
Pension Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Funded status recognized in other non-current liabilities	(7,221)	(7,407)
Net actuarial loss recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss	7,969	8,047
Net amount recognized in retained deficit	$ 748	$ 640

- Definition

This represents the noncurrent liability for underfunded plans recognized in the balance sheet that is associated with the defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement defined benefit plans.

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PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Schedule of Weighted-Average Assumptions Used to Determine Benefit Obligation and Net Periodic Benefit Cost) (Details) - Pension Plans [Member]	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Benefit obligation assumptions:
Discount rate	3.75%	4.00%	5.25%
Rate of compensation increase
Assumption used to determine net periodic benefit cost:
Discount rate	4.00%	5.25%	5.60%
Expected return on plan assets	7.12%	7.50%	7.50%
Rate of compensation increase

PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Schedule of Plan's Asset Allocations) (Details) - Pension Plans [Member]	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Equity securities [Member]
PLAN ASSETS:
Asset allocations	56.00%	57.00%
Target allocation, minimum	50.00%
Target allocation, maximum	60.00%
Debt securities [Member]
PLAN ASSETS:
Asset allocations	33.00%	31.00%
Target allocation, minimum	25.00%
Target allocation, maximum	50.00%
Other investments [Member]
PLAN ASSETS:
Asset allocations	11.00%	12.00%
Target allocation, minimum	0.00%
Target allocation, maximum	15.00%

PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Schedule of Fair Value of Pension Plan Assets) (Details) - Pension Plans [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets	$ 11,583	$ 10,405	$ 10,548
Level 1 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets
Level 2 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets	11,583	10,405
Level 3 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets
United States equity securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets	5,189	4,816
United States equity securities [Member] \| Level 1 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets
United States equity securities [Member] \| Level 2 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets	5,189	4,816
United States equity securities [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets
International equity securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets	1,297	1,106
International equity securities [Member] \| Level 1 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets
International equity securities [Member] \| Level 2 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets	1,297	1,106
International equity securities [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets
Fixed income securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets	3,779	3,277
Fixed income securities [Member] \| Level 1 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets
Fixed income securities [Member] \| Level 2 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets	3,779	3,277
Fixed income securities [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets
Other [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets	1,318	1,206
Other [Member] \| Level 1 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets
Other [Member] \| Level 2 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets	1,318	1,206
Other [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets

PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Schedule of Estimated Future Benefit Payments) (Details) - Pension Plans [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Benefit payments expected to be paid during the following fiscal years:
2013	$ 964
2014	981
2015	970
2016	963
2017	958
2018- 2023	4,985
Employer contributions	$ 731	$ 837

PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (401K Plan) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
401(K) Plan [Member]
401(K) Plan:
Contributions to employee benefits plan	$ 0.1	$ 0.3	$ 0.5

TAXES (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Net operating loss carry forwards, expiration dates	The net operating loss carry-forwards expire on various dates beginning in 2013 and ending in 2032
Undistributed earnings of the Company's foreign subsidiaries	$ 7.7
Liability (refund) from settlement with taxing authority, applied towards net operating loss carryforward	2.8	$ 2.2
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Net operating loss carry forwards	777.9	549.1
Foreign Tax Authority [Member]
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Net operating loss carry forwards	$ 212.7	$ 202.9

TAXES (Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Current:
Federal tax (benefit)
State tax	274	19	73
Foreign tax	139	(128)	323
Total	413	(109)	396
Deferred:
Federal and state tax (benefit)
Foreign tax (benefit)
Total
Income tax expense (benefit)	$ 413	$ (109)	$ 396

TAXES (Schedule of U.S. and Foreign Components of Income (Loss) Before Taxes) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
TAXES [Abstract]
U.S. income (loss)	$ (105,722)	$ (46,387)	$ (90,865)
Foreign income (loss)	(6,063)	(8,646)	(6,206)
Loss before income taxes	$ (111,785)	$ (55,033)	$ (97,071)

TAXES (Schedule of Components of Net Deferred Tax Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
TAXES [Abstract]
Federal and foreign net operating loss and credit carry-forwards	$ 361,132	$ 268,962
Property and equipment and other long-term assets	(30,621)	27,131
Accruals and reserves	13,742	7,519
Deferred tax assets before valuation allowance	344,253	303,612
Valuation allowance	(344,253)	(303,612)
Net deferred income tax assets
Change in deferred tax asset valuation allowance	$ 40,600	$ 121,000

- Definition

Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from reserves and accruals.

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TAXES (Schedule of Actual Provision for Income Taxes to Statutory U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
TAXES [Abstract]
Provision at U.S. statutory rate of 35%	$ (39,125)	$ (19,262)	$ (33,975)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	(6,070)	(2,764)	(5,378)
Change in valuation allowance	40,641	121,010	34,205
Effect of foreign income tax at various rates	759	929	691
Permanent differences	(220)	909	(231)
Change in unrecognized tax benefit	381	(72,040)	602
Recognition of pre-acquisition losses in Brazil		(32,702)
Other (including amounts related to prior year tax matters)	4,047	3,811	4,482
Total	$ 413	$ (109)	$ 396

TAXES (Rollforward of Unrecognized Tax Benefits) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
TAXES [Abstract]
Gross unrecognized tax benefits	$ 7,350	$ 79,809
Gross increases based on tax positions related to current year	381	460
Gross decreases based on tax positions related to prior years	19	(419)
Reductions to unrecognized tax benefits related to prior year audit settlements		(72,500)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits	7,750	7,350
Potential benefits which, if recognized, could potentially reduce the effective income tax rate in future periods	3,400
Interest and penalties recorded in connection with FIN 48 adjustment	$ 1,200	$ 1,000

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Information by Geographic Area Revenues) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenues													$ 57,468	$ 55,397	$ 50,937
Subscriber Equipment Revenue													18,850	17,430	17,004
Total revenue	$ 19,062	$ 20,537	$ 19,981	$ 16,738	$ 17,387	$ 18,187	$ 18,999	$ 18,254	$ 16,525	$ 18,223	$ 17,622	$ 15,571	76,318	72,827	67,941
UNITED STATES [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenues													41,139	36,701	31,684
Subscriber Equipment Revenue													12,899	11,103	12,038
CANADA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenues													10,505	10,684	11,760
Subscriber Equipment Revenue													3,654	3,524	2,599
Europe [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenues													3,132	4,493	3,119
Subscriber Equipment Revenue													1,297	1,456	1,045
Central And South America [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenues													2,287	3,183	3,979
Subscriber Equipment Revenue													798	1,046	1,292
Other Countries [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenues													405	336	395
Subscriber Equipment Revenue													$ 202	$ 301	$ 30

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Information by Geographic Area, Long-Lived Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net	$ 1,215,156	$ 1,217,718
UNITED STATES [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net	1,209,374	1,211,795
CANADA [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net	277	324
Europe [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net	474	155
Central And South America [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net	3,463	3,638
Other Countries [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net	$ 1,568	$ 1,806

STOCK COMPENSATION (Stock Options) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
2006 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total shares authorized for issuance		13,677,972	15,282,933
Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period		4 years
Expiration period		10 years
Assumptions used to value stock options:
Risk-free interest rate, minimum		0.00%	0.00%
Risk-free interest rate, maximum		1.00%	2.00%	1.00%
Volatility				80.00%
Volatility, minimum		80.00%	80.00%
Volatility, maximum		103.00%	103.00%
Weighted average grant-date fair value		$ 0.39	$ 0.44	$ 1.03
Stock option activity:
Outstanding		9,998,430
Granted		805,200
Exercised		(200,000)
Forfeited		(317,100)
Outstanding		10,286,530	9,998,430
Options exercisable, shares		4,572,797
Outstanding, weighted average exercise price		$ 0.81
Granted, weighted average exercise price		0.61
Exercised, weighted average exercise price		0.77
Forfeited, weighted average exercise price		1.33
Outstanding, weighted average exercise price		0.89	$ 0.81
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price		$ 0.87
Allocation of compensation expense:
Total compensation expense		$ 0.7	$ 1.3	$ 0.7
Income tax benefit
Total compensation expense, net of tax		0.7	1.3	0.7
Unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options		$ 0.8
Unrecognized compensation cost, recognition period		1 year 8 months 1 day
Total amount of estimated compensation expense to be recognized in 2013		$ 0.5
Total amount of estimated compensation expense to be recognized in 2014		0.3
Total amount of estimated compensation expense to be recognized in 2015		0.1
Fair value of options vested		0.5
Stock Options [Member] \| Cost of services [Member]
Allocation of compensation expense:
Total compensation expense
Stock Options [Member] \| Marketing, general and administrative [Member]
Allocation of compensation expense:
Total compensation expense		$ 0.7	$ 1.3	$ 0.7
Stock Options [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Assumptions used to value stock options:
Expected term of options		1 year	1 year	4 years
Stock Options [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Assumptions used to value stock options:
Expected term of options		5 years	6 years	6 years
Allocation of compensation expense:
Aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding stock options		$ 0.1
Nonstatutory Stock Options [Member]
Stock option activity:
Granted	2,710,000
Restricted Shares [Member]
Stock option activity:
Granted	273,000

STOCK COMPENSATION (Restricted Stock) (Details) - Restricted Stock [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Activity for restricted stock:
Nonvested, beginning	609,774
Granted	364,333
Vested	(467,630)
Forfeited	(31,410)
Nonvested, ending	475,067	609,774
Nonvested weighted average grant date fair value, beginning	$ 4.05
Granted, weighted average grant date fair value	0.71	$ 0.82	$ 1.36
Vested, weighted average grant date fair value	0.7
Forfeited, weighted average grant date fair value	1.13
Nonvested weighted average grant date fair value, ending	$ 4.66	$ 4.05
Allocation of compensation expense:
Total compensation expense		$ 0.4	$ 0.2
Income tax benefit
Total compensation expense, net of tax		0.4	0.2
Unrecognized compensation cost, recognition period	1 year 4 months 17 days
Maximum [Member]
Allocation of compensation expense:
Unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted shares	$ 0.1
Total amount of estimated compensation expense to be recognized in 2013	0.1
Total amount of estimated compensation expense to be recognized in 2014	0.1
Total amount of estimated compensation expense to be recognized in 2015	$ 0.1
Cost of services [Member]
Allocation of compensation expense:
Total compensation expense		0.1	(0.2)
Marketing, general and administrative [Member]
Allocation of compensation expense:
Total compensation expense		$ 0.3	$ 0.4

STOCK COMPENSATION (Employee Stock Purchase Plan) (Details) - Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member] - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Disclosures [Line Items]
Total shares authorized for issuance	7,000,000
Number of common stock offerings annually	2
Percentage of share that can be purchased by eligible employees to their total compensation	15.00%
Maximum value of shares that can be purchased by eligible employee	$ 25,000
Maximum number of shares that can be purchased by eligible employee	500
Percentage of fair market value of common stock paid by employee	85.00%
Proceeds from shares issued under stock purchase plan	$ 200,000
Issuance of stock through employee stock purchase plan, shares	1,371,405
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Disclosures [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 100,000	$ 200,000

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS [Abstract]
Accumulated minimum pension liability adjustment	$ (7,969)	$ (8,047)
Accumulated net foreign currency translation adjustment	6,211	4,947
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss	$ (1,758)	$ (3,100)

- Definition

The total of net gain (loss), prior service cost (credit), and transition assets (obligations), as well as minimum pension liability if still remaining, included in accumulated other comprehensive income associated with a defined benefit pension or other postretirement plan(s) because they have yet to be recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost.

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Accumulated change in equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources, net of tax effect, at period end. Excludes Net Income (Loss), and accumulated changes in equity from transactions resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Includes foreign currency translation items, certain pension adjustments, unrealized gains and losses on certain investments in debt and equity securities, other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses related to factors other than credit losses on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity debt securities that an entity does not intend to sell and it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before recovery of the amortized cost basis, as well as changes in the fair value of derivatives related to the effective portion of a designated cash flow hedge.

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HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Relocation expenses		$ 3,900,000
Increase in property and equipment facility improvements and replacement equipment in connection with relocation		$ 1,300,000
Reimbursements for capital expenditures recorded as deferred costs	$ 1,400,000
Lease Termination [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Reimbursement for lease and other expense per year through 2019	352,000
Cooperative Endeavor Agreement [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Cost of reimbursement expense	$ 8,100,000

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The charge against earnings in the period, comprised of costs incurred associated with an exit or disposal activity other than for a discontinued operations as defined under generally accepted accounting principles. Costs of such activities include those for one-time termination benefits, termination of an operating lease or other contract, consolidating or closing facilities, and relocating employees, and costs associated with an ongoing benefit arrangement, but excludes costs associated with the retirement of a long-lived asset.

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SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Supplemental Consolidating Balance Sheet) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 11,792	$ 9,951	$ 33,017	$ 67,881
Restricted cash	46,777
Accounts receivable	13,944	12,393
Intercompany receivables
Inventory	42,181	41,848
Deferred financing costs	34,622
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	5,233	5,281
Total current assets	154,549	69,473
Property and equipment, net	1,215,156	1,217,718
Restricted cash		46,776
Intercompany notes receivable
Investment in subsidiaries
Deferred financing costs	16,883	53,482
Advances for inventory	9,158	9,158
Intangible and other assets, net	8,029	23,798
Total assets	1,403,775	1,420,405
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	655,874
Accounts payable	35,685	47,808
Accrued contract termination charge	23,166
Accrued expenses	28,164	28,806
Intercompany payables
Payables to affiliates	230	378
Deferred revenue	18,041	14,588
Total current liabilities	761,160	91,580
Long-term debt, less current portion	95,155	723,888
Employee benefit obligations	7,221	7,407
Intercompany notes payable
Derivative liabilities	25,175	38,996
Deferred revenue	4,640	7,295
Other non-current liabilities	15,880	17,444
Total non-current liabilities	148,071	795,030
Stockholders' equity	494,544	533,795	535,418	595,792
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	1,403,775	1,420,405
Parent Company [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	10,220	7,343	32,288	65,909
Restricted cash	46,777
Accounts receivable	3,814	3,363
Intercompany receivables	613,426	538,876
Inventory	262	1
Deferred financing costs	34,622
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	2,177	2,846
Total current assets	711,298	552,429
Property and equipment, net	1,095,973	1,070,543
Restricted cash		46,776
Intercompany notes receivable	15,783	40,456
Investment in subsidiaries	(144,323)	(106,377)
Deferred financing costs	16,883	53,409
Advances for inventory	9,158	9,158
Intangible and other assets, net	3,991	12,773
Total assets	1,708,763	1,679,167
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	655,874
Accounts payable	12,055	19,346
Accrued contract termination charge	23,166
Accrued expenses	6,492	11,558
Intercompany payables	377,526	333,201
Payables to affiliates	230	378
Deferred revenue	4,576	1,043
Total current liabilities	1,079,919	365,526
Long-term debt, less current portion	95,155	723,888
Employee benefit obligations	7,221	7,407
Intercompany notes payable
Derivative liabilities	25,175	38,996
Deferred revenue	4,306	6,695
Other non-current liabilities	2,443	2,860
Total non-current liabilities	134,300	779,846
Stockholders' equity	494,544	533,795
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	1,708,763	1,679,167
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	251	587	(766)	485
Restricted cash
Accounts receivable	4,875	4,322
Intercompany receivables	411,764	351,510
Inventory	6,966	4,564
Deferred financing costs
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	388	303
Total current assets	424,244	361,286
Property and equipment, net	31,382	60,872
Restricted cash
Intercompany notes receivable
Investment in subsidiaries	(8,232)	(18,629)
Deferred financing costs
Advances for inventory
Intangible and other assets, net	1,781	2,988
Total assets	449,175	406,517
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt
Accounts payable	2,410	1,953
Accrued contract termination charge
Accrued expenses	9,798	8,459
Intercompany payables	494,686	427,852
Payables to affiliates
Deferred revenue	12,674	12,740
Total current liabilities	519,568	451,004
Long-term debt, less current portion
Employee benefit obligations
Intercompany notes payable
Derivative liabilities
Deferred revenue	334	600
Other non-current liabilities	2,233	3,837
Total non-current liabilities	2,567	4,437
Stockholders' equity	(72,960)	(48,924)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	449,175	406,517
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	1,321	2,021	1,495	14,787
Restricted cash
Accounts receivable	5,255	4,708
Intercompany receivables	5,534	13,923
Inventory	34,953	37,283
Deferred financing costs
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	2,668	2,132
Total current assets	49,731	60,067
Property and equipment, net	86,762	87,624
Restricted cash
Intercompany notes receivable	1,800	1,800
Investment in subsidiaries
Deferred financing costs		73
Advances for inventory
Intangible and other assets, net	2,273	8,052
Total assets	140,566	157,616
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt
Accounts payable	21,220	26,509
Accrued contract termination charge
Accrued expenses	11,874	8,789
Intercompany payables	156,166	142,966
Payables to affiliates
Deferred revenue	791	805
Total current liabilities	190,051	179,069
Long-term debt, less current portion
Employee benefit obligations
Intercompany notes payable	16,683	41,356
Derivative liabilities
Deferred revenue
Other non-current liabilities	11,204	10,747
Total non-current liabilities	27,887	52,103
Stockholders' equity	(77,372)	(73,556)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	140,566	157,616
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Restricted cash
Accounts receivable
Intercompany receivables	(1,030,724)	(904,309)
Inventory
Deferred financing costs
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets	(1,030,724)	(904,309)
Property and equipment, net	1,039	(1,321)
Restricted cash
Intercompany notes receivable	(17,583)	(42,256)
Investment in subsidiaries	152,555	125,006
Deferred financing costs
Advances for inventory
Intangible and other assets, net	(16)	(15)
Total assets	(894,729)	(822,895)
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt
Accounts payable
Accrued contract termination charge
Accrued expenses
Intercompany payables	(1,028,378)	(904,019)
Payables to affiliates
Deferred revenue
Total current liabilities	(1,028,378)	(904,019)
Long-term debt, less current portion
Employee benefit obligations
Intercompany notes payable	(16,683)	(41,356)
Derivative liabilities
Deferred revenue
Other non-current liabilities
Total non-current liabilities	(16,683)	(41,356)
Stockholders' equity	150,332	122,480
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ (894,729)	$ (822,895)

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Operations) (Details) € in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2010 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)
Revenue:
Service revenues													$ 57,468		$ 55,397	$ 50,937
Subscriber equipment sales													18,850		17,430	17,004
Total revenue	$ 19,062	$ 20,537	$ 19,981	$ 16,738	$ 17,387	$ 18,187	$ 18,999	$ 18,254	$ 16,525	$ 18,223	$ 17,622	$ 15,571	76,318		72,827	67,941
Operating expenses:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation, amortization, and accretion shown separately below)													23,228		29,246	31,172
Cost of subscriber equipment sales													13,280		11,927	13,182
Cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory													1,397		8,826	10,862
Marketing, general, and administrative													34,339		42,436	41,827
Reduction in the value of long-lived assets													7,218		3,578	3,249
Contract termination charge													22,048	€ 17,500
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion													69,801		50,049	27,418
Total operating expenses													171,311		146,062	127,710
Loss from operations													(94,993)		(73,235)	(59,769)
Other income (expense):
Interest income and expense, net of amounts capitalized													(21,486)		(4,809)	(4,597)
Derivative gain (loss)													6,974		23,839	(29,975)
Equity in subsidiary earnings
Other													(2,280)		(828)	(2,730)
Total other income (expense)													(16,792)		18,202	(37,302)
Loss before income taxes													(111,785)		(55,033)	(97,071)
Income tax expense (benefit)													413		(109)	396
Net loss	$ (18,952)	$ (41,188)	$ (27,533)	$ (24,525)	$ (33,709)	$ (681)	$ (14,068)	$ (6,466)	$ (18,083)	$ (24,493)	$ (19,249)	$ (35,642)	(112,198)		(54,924)	(97,467)
Parent Company [Member]
Revenue:
Service revenues													48,845		30,904	10,603
Subscriber equipment sales													825		790	281
Total revenue													49,670		31,694	10,884
Operating expenses:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation, amortization, and accretion shown separately below)													7,992		13,025	10,678
Cost of subscriber equipment sales													292		723	131
Cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory																59
Marketing, general, and administrative													6,943		9,285	6,620
Reduction in the value of long-lived assets													79		1,074	546
Contract termination charge													22,048
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion													49,132		24,298	1,658
Total operating expenses													86,486		48,405	19,692
Loss from operations													(36,816)		(16,711)	(8,808)
Other income (expense):
Interest income and expense, net of amounts capitalized													(19,744)		(2,713)	(3,029)
Derivative gain (loss)													6,974		23,839	(29,975)
Equity in subsidiary earnings													(60,302)		(59,466)	(51,651)
Other													(2,078)		145	(3,952)
Total other income (expense)													(75,150)		(38,195)	(88,607)
Loss before income taxes													(111,966)		(54,906)	(97,415)
Income tax expense (benefit)													232		18	52
Net loss													(112,198)		(54,924)	(97,467)
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Revenue:
Service revenues													44,208		28,850	35,691
Subscriber equipment sales													15,225		13,115	14,738
Total revenue													59,433		41,965	50,429
Operating expenses:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation, amortization, and accretion shown separately below)													7,265		7,293	12,468
Cost of subscriber equipment sales													11,827		9,913	12,509
Cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory													1,274		1,254	761
Marketing, general, and administrative													19,062		23,107	24,546
Reduction in the value of long-lived assets													7,139		2,453	2,703
Contract termination charge
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion													48,869		28,006	23,055
Total operating expenses													95,436		72,026	76,042
Loss from operations													(36,003)		(30,061)	(25,613)
Other income (expense):
Interest income and expense, net of amounts capitalized													(10)		(5)	(1)
Derivative gain (loss)
Equity in subsidiary earnings													10,237		9,392	(8,494)
Other													(141)		(76)	340
Total other income (expense)													10,086		9,311	(8,155)
Loss before income taxes													(25,917)		(20,750)	(33,768)
Income tax expense (benefit)													41		1	50
Net loss													(25,958)		(20,751)	(33,818)
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Revenue:
Service revenues													15,729		16,102	16,579
Subscriber equipment sales													7,855		7,619	6,781
Total revenue													23,584		23,721	23,360
Operating expenses:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation, amortization, and accretion shown separately below)													8,190		12,707	19,799
Cost of subscriber equipment sales													7,560		5,636	5,348
Cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory													123		7,572	10,042
Marketing, general, and administrative													12,860		10,044	10,770
Reduction in the value of long-lived assets															51
Contract termination charge
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion													17,308		14,589	3,193
Total operating expenses													46,041		50,599	49,152
Loss from operations													(22,457)		(26,878)	(25,792)
Other income (expense):
Interest income and expense, net of amounts capitalized													(1,731)		(2,099)	(1,561)
Derivative gain (loss)
Equity in subsidiary earnings
Other													16		(783)	1,332
Total other income (expense)													(1,715)		(2,882)	(229)
Loss before income taxes													(24,172)		(29,760)	(26,021)
Income tax expense (benefit)													140		(128)	294
Net loss													(24,312)		(29,632)	(26,315)
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Revenue:
Service revenues													(51,314)		(20,459)	(11,936)
Subscriber equipment sales													(5,055)		(4,094)	(4,796)
Total revenue													(56,369)		(24,553)	(16,732)
Operating expenses:
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation, amortization, and accretion shown separately below)													(219)		(3,779)	(11,773)
Cost of subscriber equipment sales													(6,399)		(4,345)	(4,806)
Cost of subscriber equipment sales - reduction in the value of inventory
Marketing, general, and administrative													(4,526)			(109)
Reduction in the value of long-lived assets
Contract termination charge
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion													(45,508)		(16,844)	(488)
Total operating expenses													(56,652)		(24,968)	(17,176)
Loss from operations													283		415	444
Other income (expense):
Interest income and expense, net of amounts capitalized													(1)		8	(6)
Derivative gain (loss)
Equity in subsidiary earnings													50,065		50,074	60,145
Other													(77)		(114)	(450)
Total other income (expense)													49,987		49,968	59,689
Loss before income taxes													50,270		50,383	60,133
Income tax expense (benefit)
Net loss													$ 50,270		$ 50,383	$ 60,133

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Supplemental Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$ 6,874	$ (5,503)	$ (23,338)
Cash flows used in investing activities:
Second-generation satellites, ground and related launch costs	(56,679)	(85,589)	(201,124)
Property and equipment additions	(781)	(2,594)	(7,286)
Investment in businesses	(550)	(800)	(1,110)
Restricted cash		(10,436)	4,129
Net cash used in investing activities	(58,010)	(99,419)	(205,391)
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock and stock options	244	525	6,323
Borrowings from Facility Agreement	7,375	18,659	188,417
Proceeds from the issuance of 5.0% convertible notes		38,000
Proceeds from Contingent Equity Account	45,800	14,200
Proceeds from the contribution to the debt service reserve account		12,500
Payment of deferred financing costs	(1,033)	(1,246)	(70)
Net cash from financing activities	52,386	82,638	194,670
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	591	(782)	(805)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	1,841	(23,066)	(34,864)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	9,951	33,017	67,881
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	11,792	9,951	33,017
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Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	7,720	(10,758)	(28,895)
Cash flows used in investing activities:
Second-generation satellites, ground and related launch costs	(56,679)	(85,589)	(201,108)
Property and equipment additions			(1,307)
Investment in businesses	(550)	(800)	(1,110)
Restricted cash		(10,436)	4,129
Net cash used in investing activities	(57,229)	(96,825)	(199,396)
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock and stock options	244	525	6,323
Borrowings from Facility Agreement	7,375	18,659	188,417
Proceeds from the issuance of 5.0% convertible notes		38,000
Proceeds from Contingent Equity Account	45,800	14,200
Proceeds from the contribution to the debt service reserve account		12,500
Payment of deferred financing costs	(1,033)	(1,246)	(70)
Net cash from financing activities	52,386	82,638	194,670
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	2,877	(24,945)	(33,621)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	7,343	32,288	65,909
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	10,220	7,343	32,288
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	61	3,819	4,445
Cash flows used in investing activities:
Second-generation satellites, ground and related launch costs
Property and equipment additions	(397)	(2,466)	(5,696)
Investment in businesses
Restricted cash
Net cash used in investing activities	(397)	(2,466)	(5,696)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and stock options
Borrowings from Facility Agreement
Proceeds from the issuance of 5.0% convertible notes
Proceeds from Contingent Equity Account
Proceeds from the contribution to the debt service reserve account
Payment of deferred financing costs
Net cash from financing activities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(336)	1,353	(1,251)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	587	(766)	485
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	251	587	(766)
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(907)	1,445	522
Cash flows used in investing activities:
Second-generation satellites, ground and related launch costs
Property and equipment additions	(384)	(137)	(283)
Investment in businesses
Restricted cash
Net cash used in investing activities	(384)	(137)	(283)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and stock options
Borrowings from Facility Agreement
Proceeds from the issuance of 5.0% convertible notes
Proceeds from Contingent Equity Account
Proceeds from the contribution to the debt service reserve account
Payment of deferred financing costs
Net cash from financing activities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	591	(782)	(231)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(700)	526	8
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	2,021	1,495	14,787
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	1,321	2,021	1,495
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		(9)	590
Cash flows used in investing activities:
Second-generation satellites, ground and related launch costs			(16)
Property and equipment additions		9
Investment in businesses
Restricted cash
Net cash used in investing activities		9	(16)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and stock options
Borrowings from Facility Agreement
Proceeds from the issuance of 5.0% convertible notes
Proceeds from Contingent Equity Account
Proceeds from the contribution to the debt service reserve account
Payment of deferred financing costs
Net cash from financing activities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents			(574)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) [Abstract]
Total revenue	$ 19,062	$ 20,537	$ 19,981	$ 16,738	$ 17,387	$ 18,187	$ 18,999	$ 18,254	$ 16,525	$ 18,223	$ 17,622	$ 15,571	$ 76,318	$ 72,827	$ 67,941
Net loss	$ (18,952)	$ (41,188)	$ (27,533)	$ (24,525)	$ (33,709)	$ (681)	$ (14,068)	$ (6,466)	$ (18,083)	$ (24,493)	$ (19,249)	$ (35,642)	$ (112,198)	$ (54,924)	$ (97,467)
Basic loss per common share	$ (0.05)	$ (0.1)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.11)	$ 0.0	$ (0.05)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.05)	$ (0.09)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.13)	$ (0.29)	$ (0.18)	$ (0.34)
Diluted loss per common share	$ (0.05)	$ (0.1)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.11)	$ 0.0	$ (0.05)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.05)	$ (0.09)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.13)	$ (0.29)	$ (0.18)	$ (0.34)
Shares used in basic per share calculations	424,180	392,344	379,433	357,418	312,867	295,513	294,963	293,053	291,818	287,502	282,080	275,370	388,453	299,144	285,316
Shares used in diluted per share calculations	424,180	392,344	379,433	357,418	312,867	295,513	294,963	293,053	291,818	287,502	282,080	275,370	388,453	299,144	285,316

- Definition

The amount of net income (loss) for the period per each share of common stock or unit outstanding during the reporting period.

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- Definition

The amount of net income (loss) for the period available to each share of common stock or common unit outstanding during the reporting period and to each share or unit that would have been outstanding assuming the issuance of common shares or units for all dilutive potential common shares or units outstanding during the reporting period.

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- Definition

The portion of profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, which is attributable to the parent.

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- Definition

The average number of shares or units issued and outstanding that are used in calculating diluted EPS or earnings per unit (EPU), determined based on the timing of issuance of shares or units in the period.

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- Definition

Number of [basic] shares or units, after adjustment for contingently issuable shares or units and other shares or units not deemed outstanding, determined by relating the portion of time within a reporting period that common shares or units have been outstanding to the total time in that period.

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Other Assets [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, assets	$ 84	$ 255
Other Assets [Member] \| Interest Rate Cap [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, assets	84	255
Other Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities	(29,091)	(43,959)
Other Liabilities [Member] \| Contingent Consideration [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities	(3,916)	(4,963)
Other Liabilities [Member] \| Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities	(4,163)	(7,111)
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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities	(18,034)	(22,673)
Other Liabilities [Member] \| Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities	(2,978)	(3,057)
Other Liabilities [Member] \| Warrants issued in conjunction with Contingent Equity Agreement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities		(6,155)
Level 1 [Member] \| Other Assets [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, assets
Level 1 [Member] \| Other Assets [Member] \| Interest Rate Cap [Member]
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Recurring fair value measurements, assets
Level 1 [Member] \| Other Liabilities [Member]
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Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities
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Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities
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Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities
Level 1 [Member] \| Other Liabilities [Member] \| Warrants Issued With 8.0% Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities
Level 1 [Member] \| Other Liabilities [Member] \| Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities
Level 1 [Member] \| Other Liabilities [Member] \| Warrants issued in conjunction with Contingent Equity Agreement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities
Level 2 [Member] \| Other Assets [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, assets	84	255
Level 2 [Member] \| Other Assets [Member] \| Interest Rate Cap [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, assets	84	255
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Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities
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Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities
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Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities
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Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities
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Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities
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Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities
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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, assets
Level 3 [Member] \| Other Assets [Member] \| Interest Rate Cap [Member]
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Recurring fair value measurements, assets
Level 3 [Member] \| Other Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities	(29,091)	(43,959)
Level 3 [Member] \| Other Liabilities [Member] \| Contingent Consideration [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities	(3,916)	(4,963)
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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities	(4,163)	(7,111)
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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities	(18,034)	(22,673)
Level 3 [Member] \| Other Liabilities [Member] \| Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities	$ (2,978)	(3,057)
Level 3 [Member] \| Other Liabilities [Member] \| Warrants issued in conjunction with Contingent Equity Agreement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Recurring fair value measurements, liabilities		$ (6,155)