Devices that can send an emergency beacon to LEO are tiny. https://www.iridium.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mini3.jpg https://www.iridium.com/wp-content/uplo

Devices that can send an emergency beacon to LEO are tiny. https://www.iridium.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mini3.jpg https://www.iridium.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mini3.jpg Here it is with the case removed so you can see how big the helical antenna is. https://fccid.io/img.php?id=1547768&img=bg1.png https://fccid.io/img.php?id=1547768&img=bg1.png Apple dumped a bunch of R&D money on a group of antenna experts years ago, so we'll see if they came up with a flat alternative to a helical antenna for satellite communications in the same way that the terrestrial cell phone networks did.