Satellite phone
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A satellite phone is a type of mobile phone that connects to the public switched telephone network through orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell sites. While cellular telephone service compa
An Iridium satellite phone, late 1990s
Globalstar GSP-1600 satellite phone, 2024
Inmarsat
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Inmarsat is a British satellite telecommunications company, offering mobile services to most of the globe. It provides telephone and data services via portable or mobile terminals which communicate wi
Satellite phone
…satellite, soon after the launch of Sputnik 1. MARISAT (1976) became the first dedicated mobile communications satellite and was later integrated into the Inmarsat organization, founded in 1979. Satellite telephony systems operate mainly through two orbital types: geostationary orbit (GEO), about 35,786 kilometres…
Inmarsat satellite telephone in use after a natural disaster in Nias, Indonesia. The unit depicted was manufactured by Thrane & Thrane A/S of Denmark. (April 2005)
Inmarsat Global HQ at 99 City Road, London. (January 2006)
GX5 satellite