• Beej Jorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Right now I have an InReach for when I’m in the middle of nowhere, but having straight up phone service would be awesome.

  • Redex@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The most impressive part is that the satellite is able to receive the phone’s signal. I’m really surprised by that.

    Phones receiving satellite signals is nothing new, GPS works like that, but two way communication is much harder since phones are much less powerful.

    I guess it has to do with how large the antennae are.

  • bryan@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Wow it’s “693 square feet in size” and they need to launch another 168. Also it is already ruining some astronomical studies because of streaking… but hey I need to TikTok while I’m hiking in the middle of Yellowstone so whatever! 😅