Exhibit 1 Assignment of Experimental Licenses

0009-EX-AU-2004 Text Documents

Globalstar, L.P.

2004-07-29ELS_66795

Globalstar LLC
Exhibit 1
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                     Assignment of Experimental Licenses


    This application requests assignment of experimental licenses WB2XAE and
WC2XXD from Globalstar, L.P. (CGLP"), to Globalstar LLC ("GLLC"), a Delaware
limited liability company.

       At a hearing on November 20, 2003, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the
District of Delaware approved the Section 363 asset sale process under which
substantially all the assets of GLP have been contributed to GLLC, which is owned
by affiliates of Thermo Capital Partners, L.L.C. ("Thermo") and the unsecured
creditors of GLP.

      The Commission has approved separate applications transferring to GLLC
several satellite and earth station authorizations related to the Globalstar Above 1
GHz Mobile—Satellite Service system. See Public Notice, DA 04—628, released March
8, 2004, in IB Docket No. 04—4. The Commission has also approved assignment of
experimental license WC2XOF from GLP to GLLC (File No. 0001—EX—AL—2004).!
The transfer of control of licensee companies and assignment of licenses previously
approved by the Commission were consummated on April 14, 2004.2

      The membership interests in the GLLC are currently owned by:

       Globalstar Satellite LP (Colorado)                   61.59%
       644 Gov. Nicholls Street
       New Orleans, LA 70116

       Globalstar Holdings LLC (Delaware)                   19.66%
       644 Gov. Nicholls Street
       New Orleans, LA 70116

       Globalstar, L.P. (Delaware)                          18.75%
       461 S. Milpitas Blyvd.
       Milpitas, CA 95035




    1 GLLC was formerly known as "New Operating Globalstar LLC."
   2 Previously, the experimental license electronic filing system did not allow an
assignment application to be filed for Call Signs WB2XAE and WCZXXD. See
Exhibit 2.


Globalstar LLC
Exhibit 1
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      There are three members in GLLC: Globalstar Satellite LP (61.59%)
("Globalstar Satellite"), Globalstar Holdings LLC (19.66%) ("Globalstar Holdings"),
and GLP (18.75%). The ownership of GLP is outlined in the Order and
Authorization approving transfer of earth station facilities related to the Globalstar
system from Vodafone to Globalstar Corporation.s

      The majority owner of GLLC is Globalstar Satellite. Globalstar Satellite has
two limited partners, Jay Monroe (98%) and Jim Lynch (1%), and one general
partner, Thermo Development, Inc. ("Thermo Development") (1%). Thermo
Development, in turn, is owned 100% by Jay Monroe and the Monroe family. Mr.
Monroe and Mr. Lynch are both U.S. citizens. The address for Globalstar Satellite
is 644 Gov. Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA 70116.

      Thermo Development is associated with Thermo Capital Partners, LL.C.
("Thermo"), a private equity company formed to provide growth capital to small and
medium sized companies. Thermo and its affiliates have interests in power
transmission companies and a competitive local exchange carrier.

      Globalstar Holdings holds 19.66% of the membership interests of GLLC.
Globalstar Holdings is owned 1% by GLP, 6.6% by Thermo Investments L.P.
("Thermo Investments"), and 92.4% by Globalstar Satellite, which is described
above. Thermo Investments is owned 99% by Mr. Monroe and the Monroe family,
and 1% by Thermo Development (see paragraphs above). The address for
Globalstar Holdings is 644 Gov. Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA 70116.

      An organizational chart for GLLC is provided on the next page.




   3 See Vodafone Americas Asia, Inc. and Globalstar Corporation, 17 FCC Red
12849 (Int‘l Bur. 2002), and Public Notice, Report No. TEL—00588. at 2 (released
Oct. 17, 2002) (approving, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 310(b)(4), attributable indirect
interests in GLP by Loral Space & Communications Ltd. of 41.31% equity and
58.83% voting).


Globalstar LLC
Exhibit 1
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                              Organizational Chart for Globalstar LLC




        Thermo                            J. Monroe &
   Development, Inc.                      Family (US)
         (CO)




                                                         Globalstar
                                                          Holdings            1%               Globalstar
                    Thermo                                  LLC           <                   Capital Corp.
                Investments L.P.                            (DE)                                  (DF)
                       (CO)

                                                                 19.66%

                                                                                   18.75%
                                           A
                                               92.4%
                                                        Globalstar
                                                          LLC
                                                          (DE)


                     Globalstar            /
                 Satellite LP (CO)                                                   Distributed to GLP
                                               61.59%                                 Creditors per Plan
                                                                                      of Reorganization


                         1%




                J. Lynch
                  (US)



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