Document and Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Oct. 26, 2012 Voting Common Stock [Member]	Oct. 26, 2012 Nonvoting Common Stock [Member]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2012
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Trading Symbol	GSAT
Entity Registrant Name	GLOBALSTAR, INC.
Entity Central Index Key	0001366868
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		305,985,723	127,105,723