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Satellite connection for ordinary phones, no special antenna or chip required.
- spzb 5y agoSo is this basically a cell tower in space with a high gain directional antenna pointed at Earth?
- jokoon 5y agoA smartphone battery might not last very long if it manage to reach a satellite...
- kobalsky 5y agothis isn't something you will use to watch youtube. >>>A 911 call may not be possible yet, but an SOS message containing basic information and coordinates certainly would be this is an intermittently available emergency service for sites without signal.
- easrng 5y agoWould this be feasible with wifi rather than a cellular connection?
- kobalsky 5y agowifi is terrible at long distance connections even with high power directional antennas. with a phone's omnidirectional it seems impossible. if I recall correctly wifi is also sensitive to doppler shift, so LEO satellites traveling at 25000 km/h are probably going to screw with the protocol.