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Globalstar, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/14 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 8/11/14, at 5:01pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/14   ·   Accession #:  1366868-14-26   ·   File #:  1-33117

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/11/14  Globalstar, Inc.                  10-Q        6/30/14   80:15M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    798K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     43K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     35K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
54: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     44K 
42: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    101K 
52: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    142K 
56: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     52K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
74: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    164K 
44: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     27K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
51: R7          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     30K 
38: R8          Property and Equipment                              HTML     76K 
28: R9          Long-Term Debt and Other Financing Arrangements     HTML    141K 
75: R10         Derivatives                                         HTML     92K 
58: R11         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    172K 
57: R12         Accrued Expenses and Non-Current Liabilities        HTML     52K 
63: R13         Commitments                                         HTML     39K 
64: R14         Contingencies                                       HTML     34K 
61: R15         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     57K 
65: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     34K 
53: R17         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     47K 
55: R18         Stock Compensation                                  HTML     44K 
60: R19         Geographic Information                              HTML     89K 
80: R20         Loss Per Share                                      HTML     27K 
70: R21         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML    731K 
                Information                                                      
48: R22         Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation         HTML     26K 
                (Policies)                                                       
59: R23         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     77K 
50: R24         Long-Term Debt and Other Financing Arrangements     HTML     81K 
                (Tables)                                                         
21: R25         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML     73K 
71: R26         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    149K 
77: R27         Accrued Expenses and Non-Current Liabilities        HTML     53K 
                (Tables)                                                         
33: R28         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     41K 
32: R29         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     42K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R30         Stock Compensation (Tables)                         HTML     38K 
37: R31         Geographic Information (Tables)                     HTML     84K 
39: R32         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial      HTML    565K 
                Information (Tables)                                             
18: R33         Schedule of Property and Equipment (Details)        HTML     42K 
68: R34         Capitalized Interest and Depreciation Expense       HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R35         Schedule of Long-term Debt (Details)                HTML     47K 
49: R36         Facility Agreement (Details)                        HTML     35K 
24: R37         Thermo Loan Agreement (Details)                     HTML     39K 
79: R38         8.00% Convertible Senior Notes Issued in 2013       HTML     61K 
                (Details)                                                        
12: R39         8.00% Convertible Senior Notes Issued in 2009       HTML     65K 
                (Details)                                                        
40: R40         Warrants Outstanding (Details)                      HTML     46K 
73: R41         Consent Agreement (Details)                         HTML     48K 
23: R42         Common Stock Purchase Agreement (Details)           HTML     37K 
31: R43         The Common Stock Purchase and Option Agreement      HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
35: R44         Terrapin Opportunity, L.P. Common Stock Purchase    HTML     45K 
                Agreement (Details)                                              
43: R45         Schedule of Fair Value of Derivative Instruments    HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
17: R46         Schedule of Derivative Gain (Loss) (Details)        HTML     32K 
27: R47         Derivatives (Details)                               HTML     44K 
14: R48         Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair   HTML     69K 
                Value on Recurring Basis (Details)                               
72: R49         Schedule of Significant Quantitative Level 3        HTML     44K 
                Inputs Utilized (Details)                                        
22: R50         Fair Value Measurements (Additional Information)    HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R51         Reconciliation of Assets and Liabilities Measured   HTML     35K 
                at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Details)                       
25: R52         Accrued Expenses and Non-Current Liabilities        HTML     70K 
                (Details)                                                        
41: R53         Commitments (Details)                               HTML     47K 
13: R54         Contingencies (Details)                             HTML     35K 
16: R55         Related Party Transactions (Additional              HTML    105K 
                Information) (Details)                                           
34: R56         Expense Incurred on Behalf of Company (Details)     HTML     34K 
19: R57         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     31K 
76: R58         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R59         Grants to Eligible Participants of Incentive Stock  HTML     30K 
                Options, Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted                  
                Stock Units (Details)                                            
62: R60         Stock Based Compensation (Additional Information)   HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
26: R61         Information by Geographic Area Revenues (Details)   HTML     38K 
29: R62         Information by Geographic Area, Long-Lived Assets   HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R63         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Statement of   HTML    127K 
                Operations (Details)                                             
66: R64         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet  HTML    200K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R65         Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Statement of   HTML    102K 
                Cash Flows (Details)                                             
78: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    122K 
15: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    331K 
30: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   2.89M 
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11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- gsat-20140630_pre              XML   1.04M 
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