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New Enhanced SPOT Messenger Summons First Emergency Rescue
GlobeNewswire
2010-03-02

     SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger Needed to Transmit Emergency
   Signal and Location Coordinates of Injured Motorcyclists From
                      Remote Desert Location

MILPITAS, Calif., March 2, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SPOT Rescue Alert
(SRA) -- In February, Brent Martin was enjoying an off-road motorcycle
trip with a group of riders across a remote desert near Lake Isabella
in Southern California. He came upon an injured rider who just crashed
her motorcycle. Martin stated that he had only limited cell phone
coverage, and was unsuccessful maintaining a mobile phone connection
and explaining their location to local 911 dispatchers.

"Being in the middle of nowhere limits your ability to effectively
communicate your geographic location, even with cell phones," said
Brent Martin, a motorcycle enthusiast and member of a Los Angeles
County Search and Rescue team. "Everything looks the same out there and
you're miles from any streets signs."

According to Martin, the motorcycle rider was suffering from severe
back and rib pain, and her condition was getting worse. After multiple
failed attempts with his cell phone, Martin said that he pulled out his
hand-held SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger(TM), removed the safety cover
and pressed the SOS button.

"This was the first time I had to use the SPOT in an emergency
situation, and it worked incredibly. I had purchased my SPOT from REI
in case a situation like this happened in a remote area," continued
Martin. "SPOT is a must have in my gear bag at all times. It's small,
light and easy to use. It's also a great way to keep family and friends
reassured that you are safe in the outdoors."

The SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger(TM) transmits geolocation messages
over a global satellite network from remote locations around the world.
SPOT can also transmit an SOS, emergency distress alert in critical,
life-threatening situations notifying an emergency response center of
one's location and need for immediate help.

The GEOS International Emergency Response Center received the SOS alert
from Martin's SPOT device with the latitude and longitude of the
motorcycle riders. Coordination with Kern County Sheriff's office had a
medical helicopter on the scene within 20 minutes of the first SOS
transmission. Martin stated that the first responders quickly
stabilized the injured woman, who was air-transported to the nearest
hospital for medical treatment.

The new handheld SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger(TM) is the next
generation in the SPOT product line following the award-winning SPOT
Satellite Personal Tracker(TM). Feature rich enhancements in the new
SPOT Messenger offer advanced GPS performance in a smaller, more
compact size. Since its inception in November 2007, the SPOT product
line has helped initiate more than 550 rescues in 51 countries on land
and at sea.

About Spot LLC

Spot LLC, a subsidiary of Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSAT), provides
lifesaving communications technology that allows users to communicate
from remote locations around the globe. The SPOT product family uses
both the GPS satellite network to determine a customer's location and
the SPOT network to transmit that information to friends, family or an
emergency service call center. Thanks to this affordable, cutting-edge
personal safety device, the company offers people peace of mind by
allowing customers to notify friends and family of their location and
status, and to send for emergency assistance in time of need,
completely independent of cellular phone or wireless coverage. For more
information on how Spot LLC is helping users live to tell about it -
from disaster preparedness to outdoor adventure purposes - visit
www.findmespot.com.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Please contact the below SPOT media contact to arrange
an interview with Brent Martin or a SPOT representative.

To download a high resolution picture of the SPOT Messenger products,
please visit http://findmespot.com/en/pressroom/


CONTACT:  Spot LLC
          Media Contact:
          Derek Moore
          (408) 933-4112
          derek.moore@findmespot.com