The move by ORBCOMM to relocate its headquarters to Sterling was celebrated by Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Thursday.
The company grew out of Dulles-based Orbital Sciences Corp. in the early 1990s and developed systems to use two-way messaging through low Earth orbit satellites to track equipment and goods around the globe. Today, its Internet of Things services connect more than 2.4 million devices.
The company last month announced plans to move its headquarters from New Jersey to Loudoun. The move is expected to create 51 new jobs at its operations center in Sterling…