Amazon is buying Globalstar. The $11.57 billion deal announced in April gives the e-commerce giant an existing satellite fleet, valuable spectrum rights and a direct partnership with Apple. Months later, a fresh FCC filing reveals the precise mechanics. Amazon will create a new subsidiary called Grapefruit Acquisition Sub II to handle the merger and absorb Apple’s 20 percent stake in the Globalstar unit that powers iPhone connectivity. The transaction, expected to close in 2027, reshapes the race to connect ordinary smartphones from orbit. Globalstar already operates two dozen satellites that deliver Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite feature. That service has saved lives. A scout troop stranded on a winter hike in British Columbia. A driver whose car tumbled 250 feet down a cliff in Colorado. Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, highlighted those cases in the official announcement.…