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lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Спътников телефон" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefonia_per_sat%C3%A8l%C2%B7lit" title="Telefonia per satèl·lit – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Telefonia per satèl·lit" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satelitn%C3%AD_telefon" title="Satelitní telefon – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Satelitní telefon" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellittelefon" title="Satellittelefon – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Satellittelefon" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellitentelefon" title="Satellitentelefon – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Satellitentelefon" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satelliit-telefon" title="Satelliit-telefon – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Satelliit-telefon" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%EC%84%B1_%EC%A0%84%ED%99%94" title="위성 전화 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위성 전화" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7" title="उपग्रह दूरभाष – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="उपग्रह दूरभाष" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepon_satelit" title="Telepon satelit – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Telepon 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href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99" title="טלפון לווייני – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טלפון לווייני" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavado%C5%86telefons" title="Pavadoņtelefons – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pavadoņtelefons" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefon_satelit" title="Telefon satelit – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Telefon satelit" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satelliettelefoon" title="Satelliettelefoon – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Satelliettelefoon" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A1%9B%E6%98%9F%E9%9B%BB%E8%A9%B1" title="衛星電話 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="衛星電話" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefon_satelitarny" title="Telefon satelitarny – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Telefon satelitarny" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li 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data-title="Спутниковый телефон" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefoni_satelitor" title="Telefoni satelitor – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Telefoni satelitor" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%BD%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%BD_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86" title="سيٽلائٽ فون – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="سيٽلائٽ فون" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satelliittipuhelin" title="Satelliittipuhelin – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Satelliittipuhelin" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellittelefon" title="Satellittelefon – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Satellittelefon" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AB%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D" title="శాటిలైట్ ఫోన్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="శాటిలైట్ ఫోన్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Type of mobile phone</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iridium_Satellite_Phone.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Iridium_Satellite_Phone.jpg/220px-Iridium_Satellite_Phone.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Iridium_Satellite_Phone.jpg/330px-Iridium_Satellite_Phone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Iridium_Satellite_Phone.jpg/440px-Iridium_Satellite_Phone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="5472" /></a><figcaption>First generation late 1990s Iridium satellite phone</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Globalstar_GSP-1600_satellite_phone.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Globalstar_GSP-1600_satellite_phone.jpg/220px-Globalstar_GSP-1600_satellite_phone.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Globalstar_GSP-1600_satellite_phone.jpg/330px-Globalstar_GSP-1600_satellite_phone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Globalstar_GSP-1600_satellite_phone.jpg/440px-Globalstar_GSP-1600_satellite_phone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="4080" /></a><figcaption>Globalstar GSP-1600 satellite phone</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Satellite_phone.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Satellite_phone.jpg/220px-Satellite_phone.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="335" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Satellite_phone.jpg/330px-Satellite_phone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Satellite_phone.jpg/440px-Satellite_phone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1312" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Satellite phone (<a href="/wiki/Inmarsat" title="Inmarsat">Inmarsat</a>) in use in <a href="/wiki/Nias" title="Nias">Nias</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, in April 2005 after the <a href="/wiki/2005_Nias%E2%80%93Simeulue_earthquake" title="2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake">Nias–Simeulue earthquake</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>satellite telephone</b>, <b>satellite phone</b> or <b>satphone</b> is a type of <a href="/wiki/Mobile_phone" title="Mobile phone">mobile phone</a> that connects to other phones or the <a href="/wiki/Public_switched_telephone_network" title="Public switched telephone network">telephone network</a> by <a href="/wiki/Radio_frequency" title="Radio frequency">radio</a> link through <a href="/wiki/Satellite" title="Satellite">satellites</a> orbiting the <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> instead of terrestrial <a href="/wiki/Cell_site" title="Cell site">cell sites</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Cellphone" class="mw-redirect" title="Cellphone">cellphones</a> do. Therefore, they can work in most geographic locations on the Earth's surface, as long as open sky and the line-of-sight between the phone and the satellite are provided. Depending on the architecture of a particular system, coverage may include the entire Earth or only specific regions. Satellite phones provide similar functionality to terrestrial mobile telephones; <a href="/wiki/Telephone_call" title="Telephone call">voice calling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Text_messaging" title="Text messaging">text messaging</a>, and low-bandwidth <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> access are supported through most systems. The advantage of a satellite phone is that it can be used in such regions where local terrestrial communication infrastructures, such as <a href="/wiki/Landline" title="Landline">landline</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cellular_network" title="Cellular network">cellular</a> networks, are not available. </p><p>Satellite phones are popular on expeditions into remote locations where there is no reliable cellular service, such as recreational hiking, hunting, fishing, and boating trips, as well as for business purposes, such as mining locations and maritime shipping.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Satellite phones rarely get disrupted by natural disasters on Earth or human actions such as war, so they have proven to be <a href="/wiki/Dependability" title="Dependability">dependable</a> communication tools in emergency and humanitarian situations, when the local communications system have been compromised.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The mobile equipment, also known as a terminal, varies widely. Early satellite phone handsets had a size and weight comparable to that of a <a href="/wiki/Motorola_DynaTAC" title="Motorola DynaTAC">late-1980s or early-1990s mobile phone</a>, but usually with a large retractable <a href="/wiki/Antenna_(radio)" title="Antenna (radio)">antenna</a>. More recent satellite phones are similar in size to a regular mobile phone while some <a href="/wiki/Prototype" title="Prototype">prototype</a> satellite phones have no distinguishable difference from an ordinary <a href="/wiki/Smartphone" title="Smartphone">smartphone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A fixed installation, such as one used aboard a ship, may include large, rugged, rack-mounted electronics, and a steerable <a href="/wiki/Microwave" title="Microwave">microwave</a> antenna on the mast that automatically tracks the overhead satellites. Smaller installations using <a href="/wiki/Voice_over_Internet_Protocol" class="mw-redirect" title="Voice over Internet Protocol">VoIP</a> over a two-way <a href="/wiki/Satellite_internet" class="mw-redirect" title="Satellite internet">satellite broadband</a> service such as <a href="/wiki/BGAN" class="mw-redirect" title="BGAN">BGAN</a> or <a href="/wiki/VSAT" class="mw-redirect" title="VSAT">VSAT</a> bring the costs within the reach of leisure vessel owners. Internet service satellite phones have notoriously poor reception indoors, though it may be possible to get a consistent signal near a window or in the top floor of a building if the roof is sufficiently thin. The phones have connectors for external antennas that can be installed in vehicles and buildings. The systems also allow for the use of repeaters, much like terrestrial mobile phone systems. </p><p>In the early 2020s, various manufacturers began to integrate satellite messaging connectivity and satellite emergency services into conventional mobile phones for use in remote regions, where there is no reliable terrestrial network. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first satellite relayed phone calls were achieved early on in the space age, after the first relay test was conducted by <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_1" title="Pioneer 1">Pioneer 1</a> and the first broadcast by <a href="/wiki/SCORE_(satellite)" title="SCORE (satellite)">SCORE</a> in 1958 at the end of the year, after <a href="/wiki/Sputnik_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Sputnik I">Sputnik I</a> became at the beginning of the year the first satellite in history. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USNS_Kingsport_SYNCOM_Call_Kennedy-Balewa_July_1963.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/USNS_Kingsport_SYNCOM_Call_Kennedy-Balewa_July_1963.png/220px-USNS_Kingsport_SYNCOM_Call_Kennedy-Balewa_July_1963.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/USNS_Kingsport_SYNCOM_Call_Kennedy-Balewa_July_1963.png/330px-USNS_Kingsport_SYNCOM_Call_Kennedy-Balewa_July_1963.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/USNS_Kingsport_SYNCOM_Call_Kennedy-Balewa_July_1963.png/440px-USNS_Kingsport_SYNCOM_Call_Kennedy-Balewa_July_1963.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="833" /></a><figcaption>Prime Minister Balewa (2nd from right) talks to President John F. Kennedy on the first live broadcast via the <a href="/wiki/SYNCOM" class="mw-redirect" title="SYNCOM">SYNCOM</a> satellite from USNS <i>Kingsport</i> in Lagos, Nigeria (1963).</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/MARISAT" class="mw-redirect" title="MARISAT">MARISAT</a> was the first mobile communications satellite, eventually operated by the first privatized satellite communication <a href="/wiki/INMARSAT" class="mw-redirect" title="INMARSAT">INMARSAT</a> organization, which was formed in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-m714_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m714-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Satellite_network">Satellite network</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Satellite network"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Satellite phone systems can be classified into two types: systems that use satellites in a high <a href="/wiki/Geostationary" class="mw-redirect" title="Geostationary">geostationary</a> orbit, 35,786 kilometres (22,236 mi) above the Earth's surface, and systems that use satellites in <a href="/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit" title="Low Earth orbit">low Earth orbit</a> (LEO), 640 to 1,120 kilometers (400 to 700 miles) above the Earth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geostationary_satellites">Geostationary satellites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geostationary satellites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some satellite phones use satellites in <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">geostationary orbit</a> (GSO), which appear at a fixed position in the sky. These systems can maintain near-continuous global coverage with only three or four satellites, reducing the launch costs. The satellites used for these systems are very heavy (about 5000 kg) and expensive to build and launch. The satellites orbit at an altitude of 35,786 kilometres (22,236 mi) above the Earth's surface; a noticeable delay is present while making a phone call or using data services due to the large distance from users. The amount of bandwidth available on these systems is substantially higher than that of the low Earth orbit systems; all three active systems provide portable satellite Internet using laptop-sized terminals with speeds ranging from 60 to 512 kbit per second (<a href="/wiki/Kilobit_per_second" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilobit per second">kbps</a>). </p><p>Geostationary satellite phones can only be used at lower latitudes, generally between 70 degrees north of the equator and 70 degrees south of the equator. At higher latitudes the satellite appears at such a low angle in the sky that <a href="/wiki/Radio_frequency_interference" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio frequency interference">radio frequency interference</a> from terrestrial sources in the same frequency bands can interfere with the signal. </p><p>Another disadvantage of geostationary satellite systems is that in many areas—even where a large amount of open sky is present—the line-of-sight between the phone and the satellite is broken by obstacles such as steep hills and forest. The user will need to find an area with line-of-sight before using the phone. This is not the case with LEO services: even if the signal is blocked by an obstacle, one can wait a few minutes until another satellite passes overhead, but a GSO satellite may drop a call when line of sight is lost. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ACeS" title="ACeS">ACeS</a>: This former Indonesia-based small regional operator provided voice and data services in <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> using a single satellite. It ceased operations in 2014.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inmarsat" title="Inmarsat">Inmarsat</a>: The oldest satellite phone operator, a British company founded in 1979. It originally provided large fixed installations for <a href="/wiki/Ship" title="Ship">ships</a>, but has recently entered the market of hand-held phones in a joint venture with ACeS. The company operates eleven satellites. Coverage is available on most of the Earth, except polar regions.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thuraya" title="Thuraya">Thuraya</a>: Established in 1997, United Arab Emirates-based Thuraya's satellites provide coverage across <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSAT" title="MSAT">MSAT</a> / <a href="/wiki/SkyTerra" title="SkyTerra">SkyTerra</a>: An American satellite-phone company that uses equipment similar to Inmarsat, but plans to launch a service using hand-held devices in the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> similar to Thuraya's.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrestar" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrestar">Terrestar</a>: Satellite-phone system for <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICO_Global_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="ICO Global Communications">ICO Global Communications</a>: An American satellite-phone company which has launched a single geosynchronous satellite, not yet active.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiantong_(Satellite)" title="Tiantong (Satellite)">Tiantong</a>: A Chinese satellite-phone system is planned to provide satellite phone and short message sending and receiving functions to users in China and its surrounding areas, the Middle East, Africa and other related regions, as well as most of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Low_Earth_orbit">Low Earth orbit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Low Earth orbit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Satellite phones may utilize satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). The advantages include the possibility of providing worldwide wireless coverage with no gaps. LEO satellites orbit the Earth in high-speed, low-altitude orbits with an orbital time of 70–100 minutes, an altitude of 640 to 1,120 kilometers (400 to 700 miles). Since the satellites are not geostationary, they move with respect to the ground. Any given satellite is only in view of a phone for a short time, so the call must be "handed off" electronically to another satellite when one passes beyond the local horizon. Depending on the positions of both the satellite and terminal, a usable <a href="/wiki/Pass_(spaceflight)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pass (spaceflight)">pass</a> of an individual LEO satellite will typically last 4–15 minutes on average.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At least one satellite must have line-of-sight to every coverage area at all times to guarantee coverage; thus a constellation of satellites, typically 40 to 70, is required to maintain worldwide coverage. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Globalstar" title="Globalstar">Globalstar</a>: A network covering most of the world's landmass using 48 active satellites. However, many areas of the Earth's surface are left without coverage, since a satellite requires to be in range of an <a href="/wiki/Earth_station_(communications)" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth station (communications)">Earth station</a> gateway. Satellites fly in an <a href="/wiki/Inclined_orbit" title="Inclined orbit">inclined orbit</a> of 52 degrees, therefore polar regions cannot be covered. The network went into full commercial service in February 2000. A second-generation constellation consists of 24 low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites. The launch of the second-generation constellation was completed on February 6, 2013.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridium_Communications" title="Iridium Communications">Iridium</a>: A network operating 66 satellites in a <a href="/wiki/Polar_orbit" title="Polar orbit">polar orbit</a> that claims to have coverage everywhere on Earth. Radio <a href="/wiki/Inter-satellite_service" title="Inter-satellite service">cross-links</a> are used between satellites to relay data to the nearest satellite with a connection to an Earth station.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Commercial service started in November 1998 and fell into <a href="/wiki/Chapter_11_bankruptcy" class="mw-redirect" title="Chapter 11 bankruptcy">Chapter 11 bankruptcy</a> in August 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-jitm_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jitm-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, service was re-established by Iridium Satellite LLC. Iridium NEXT, a second-generation constellation of the communications satellites, was completed on January 11, 2019.</li></ul> <p>Both systems, based in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, started in the late 1990s, but soon went into bankruptcy after failing to gain enough subscribers to fund launch costs. They are now operated by new owners who bought the assets for a fraction of their original cost and are now both planning to launch replacement constellations supporting higher bandwidth. Data speeds for current networks are between 2200 and 9600 bit/s using a satellite handset. </p><p>A third system was announced in 2022 when <a href="/wiki/T-Mobile_US" title="T-Mobile US">T-Mobile US</a> and <a href="/wiki/SpaceX" title="SpaceX">SpaceX</a> announced a partnership to add satellite cellular service to <a href="/wiki/Starlink" title="Starlink">Starlink</a> second generation (Gen2) satellites that are to begin launching to orbit in late 2022. The service is aimed to provide <a href="/wiki/Cellular_dead_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Cellular dead zone">dead-zone</a> cell phone coverage across the US using existing <a href="/wiki/Midband_PCS" class="mw-redirect" title="Midband PCS">midband PCS</a> spectrum that T-Mobile owns.<sup id="cite_ref-tmus-midband_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tmus-midband-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cell coverage will begin with <a href="/wiki/Text_messaging" title="Text messaging">messaging</a> and expand to include voice and limited data services later, with testing to begin in 2023. With Starlink Gen2 satellites in low Earth orbit using existing <a href="/wiki/Personal_Communications_Service" title="Personal Communications Service">PCS</a> spectrum, T-Mobile plans to be able to connect ordinary <a href="/wiki/Mobile_phone" title="Mobile phone">mobile phones</a> to satellites, unlike earlier satellite phones in the market which used specialized radios to connect to geosynchronous-orbit satellites, which have longer communications <a href="/wiki/Latency_(engineering)" title="Latency (engineering)">latencies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ars20220825_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ars20220825-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> T-Mobile has offered to extend the offering globally if cellular carriers in other countries wish to exchange roaming services via the T-Mobile partnership with SpaceX, with other carriers working with their <a href="/wiki/Regulatory_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Regulatory authority">regulators</a> to enable midband communications <a href="/wiki/Satellite_landing_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Satellite landing rights">landing rights</a> on a country-by-country basis. Bandwidth will be limited to approximately 2 to 4 megabits per second spread across a very large cell coverage area, with thousands of voice calls or millions of text messages simultaneously in an area. The size of a single coverage area has not yet been specified.<sup id="cite_ref-ars20220825_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ars20220825-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Geotracking">Geotracking</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geotracking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Satellite_navigation#LEO_satellites" title="Satellite navigation">Satellite navigation § LEO satellites</a></div> <p>LEO systems have the ability to <a href="/wiki/Geotracking" class="mw-redirect" title="Geotracking">track a mobile unit's location</a> using <a href="/wiki/Doppler_navigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Doppler navigation">Doppler navigation</a> from the satellite.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this method can be inaccurate by tens of kilometers. On some Iridium hardware the coordinates can be extracted using <a href="/wiki/AT_command" class="mw-redirect" title="AT command">AT commands</a>, while recent Globalstar handsets will display them on the screen.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most VSAT terminals can be reprogrammed in-field using AT-commands to bypass automatic acquisition of GPS coordinates and instead accept manually injected GPS coordinates. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Virtual_country_codes">Virtual country codes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Virtual country codes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Global_Mobile_Satellite_System" title="Global Mobile Satellite System">Global Mobile Satellite System</a> and <a href="/wiki/International_Networks_(country_code)" title="International Networks (country code)">International Networks (country code)</a></div> <p>Satellite phones are usually issued with numbers in a special <a href="/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes" title="List of country calling codes">country calling code</a>. </p><p>Inmarsat satellite phones are issued with codes +870. In the past, additional country codes were allocated to different satellites, but the codes +871 to +874 were phased out at the end of 2008 leaving Inmarsat users with the same country code, regardless of which satellite their terminal is registered with.<sup id="cite_ref-Inmarsat_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inmarsat-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Low Earth orbit systems including some of the defunct ones have been allocated number ranges in the <a href="/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union" title="International Telecommunication Union">International Telecommunication Union</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Global_Mobile_Satellite_System" title="Global Mobile Satellite System">Global Mobile Satellite System</a> virtual country code +881. Iridium satellite phones are issued with codes +881 6 and +881 7. Globalstar, although allocated +881 8 and +881 9 use <a href="/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">U.S. telephone numbers</a> except for service resellers located in <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, which use the +881 range. </p><p>Small regional satellite phone networks are allocated numbers in the +882 code designated for "<a href="/wiki/International_Networks_(country_code)" title="International Networks (country code)">international networks</a>" which is not used exclusively for satellite phone networks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cost">Cost</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cost"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3121376_G_sized.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/3121376_G_sized.jpg/220px-3121376_G_sized.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/3121376_G_sized.jpg/330px-3121376_G_sized.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/3121376_G_sized.jpg/440px-3121376_G_sized.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Satellite phones on display</figcaption></figure> <p>While it is possible to obtain used handsets for the Thuraya, Iridium, and Globalstar networks for approximately <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$200</span>, the newest handsets are quite expensive. The Iridium 9505A, released in 2001, sold in March 2010 for over $1,000.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Satellite phones are purpose-built for one particular network and cannot be switched to other networks. The price of handsets varies with network performance. If a satellite phone provider encounters trouble with its network, handset prices will fall, then increase once new satellites are launched. Similarly, handset prices will increase when calling rates are reduced. </p><p>Among the most expensive satellite phones are <a href="/wiki/BGAN" class="mw-redirect" title="BGAN">BGAN</a> terminals, often costing several thousand dollars.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These phones provide about 0.5 Mbit/s Internet and voice communications. Satellite phones are sometimes subsidised by the provider if one signs a post-paid contract, but subsidies are usually only a few hundred dollars or less. </p><p>Since most satellite phones are built under license or the manufacturing of handsets is contracted out to <a href="/wiki/Original_equipment_manufacturer" title="Original equipment manufacturer">OEMs</a>, operators have a large influence over the selling price. Satellite networks operate under <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_protocol" title="Proprietary protocol">proprietary protocols</a>, making it difficult for manufacturers to independently make handsets. </p><p>A startup is proposing the use of standard mobile phone technology in satellites to enable low bandwidth text message with satellites from cheap mobile phones.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Calling_cost">Calling cost</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Calling cost"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cost of making voice calls from a satellite phone varies from around $0.15 to $2 per minute, while calling them from <a href="/wiki/Landline" title="Landline">landlines</a> and regular mobile phones is more expensive. Costs for data transmissions (particularly broadband data) can be much higher. Rates from landlines and mobile phones range from $3 to $14 per minute with Iridium, Thuraya<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Inmarsat being some of the most expensive networks to call. The receiver of the call pays nothing, unless they are being called via a special reverse-charge service. </p><p>Calls between different satellite phone networks are often very expensive, with calling rates of up to $15 per minute. </p><p>Calls from satellite phones to landlines are usually around $0.80 to $1.50 per minute unless special offers are used. Such promotions are usually bound to a particular geographic area where traffic is low. </p><p>Most satellite phone networks have pre-paid plans, with vouchers ranging from $100 to $5,000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="One-way_services">One-way services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: One-way services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some satellite phone networks provide a one-way paging channel to alert users in poor coverage areas (such as indoors) of the incoming call. When the alert is received on the satellite phone it must be taken to an area with better coverage before the call can be accepted. </p><p>Globalstar provides a one-way data uplink service, typically used for asset tracking. </p><p>Iridium operates a one-way <a href="/wiki/Pager" title="Pager">pager</a> service as well as the call alert feature. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_restrictions">Legal restrictions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Legal restrictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In some countries, possession of a satellite phone is illegal.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their signals will usually bypass local telecoms systems, hindering <a href="/wiki/Censorship" title="Censorship">censorship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wiretapping" title="Wiretapping">wiretapping</a> attempts, which has led some intelligence agencies to believe that satellite phones aid terrorist activity.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also common for restrictions to be in place in countries with oppressive governments regimes as a way to both expose subversive agents within their country and maximize the control of the information that makes it past their borders.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>China – Inmarsat became the first company permitted to sell satellite phones in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/China_Telecom" title="China Telecom">China Telecom</a> began selling satellite phones in 2018<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and six other satellite phone companies expressed their interest in entering the Chinese market shortly after.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cuba<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>India – only Inmarsat-based satellite services are permitted within territories and areas under Indian jurisdiction. Importation and operation of all other satellite services, including Thuraya and Iridium, is illegal.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> International shipping is obliged to comply with Indian Directorate-General of Shipping (DGS) Order No. 02 of 2012 which prohibits the unauthorised import and operation of Thuraya, Iridium and other such satellite phones in Indian waters. The legislation to this effect is Section 6 of Indian Wireless Act and Section 20 of Indian Telegraph Act. International Long Distance (ILD) licences and No Objection Certificates (NOC) issued by Indian Department of Telecommunications (DOT) are mandatory for satellite communication services on Indian territory.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mauritius – In 2022, the Information and Communications Authority started regulating the ownership and use of satellite phones.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Myanmar<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>North Korea<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – The US <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Diplomatic_Security" title="Bureau of Diplomatic Security">Bureau of Diplomatic Security</a> advises visitors that they have "no <a href="/wiki/Right_to_privacy" title="Right to privacy">right to privacy</a> in North Korea and should assume your communications are monitored"<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which excludes the possibility of satellite phone technology.</li> <li>Russia – in 2012, new regulations governing the use of satellite phones inside Russia or its territories were developed with the stated aim of fighting terrorism by enabling the Russian government to intercept calls.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These regulations allow non-Russian visitors to register their SIM cards for use within Russian territory for up to six months.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Security_concerns">Security concerns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Security concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All modern satellite phone networks <a href="/wiki/Cryptography" title="Cryptography">encrypt</a> voice traffic to prevent eavesdropping. In 2012, a team of academic <a href="/wiki/White_hat_(computer_security)" title="White hat (computer security)">security researchers</a> <a href="/wiki/Reverse_engineering" title="Reverse engineering">reverse-engineered</a> the two major proprietary encryption algorithms in use.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One algorithm (used in GMR-1 phones) is a variant of the <a href="/wiki/A5/2" title="A5/2">A5/2</a> algorithm used in <a href="/wiki/GSM" title="GSM">GSM</a> (used in common mobile phones), and both are vulnerable to <a href="/wiki/Ciphertext-only_attack" title="Ciphertext-only attack">cipher-text only</a> attacks. The GMR-2 standard introduced a new encryption algorithm which the same research team also <a href="/wiki/Cryptanalysis" title="Cryptanalysis">cryptanalysed</a> successfully. Thus satellite phones need additional encrypting if used for high-security applications. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_in_disaster_response">Use in disaster response</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Use in disaster response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Cascading_failure" title="Cascading failure">Cascading failure</a></div> <p>Most mobile telephone networks operate close to capacity during normal times, and large spikes in call volumes caused by widespread emergencies often overload the systems when they are needed most. Examples reported in the media where this has occurred include the <a href="/wiki/1999_%C4%B0zmit_earthquake" title="1999 İzmit earthquake">1999 İzmit earthquake</a>, the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2006_Kiholo_Bay_earthquake" title="2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake">2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Blackout_of_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Blackout of 2003">2003 Northeast blackouts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_bridge_collapse#Collapse" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota bridge collapse">2007 Minnesota bridge collapse</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake" title="2010 Chile earthquake">2010 Chile earthquake</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake" title="2010 Haiti earthquake">2010 Haiti earthquake</a>. Reporters and journalists have also been using satellite phones to communicate and report on events in war zones such as Iraq. </p><p>Terrestrial cell antennas and networks can be damaged by natural disasters. Satellite telephony can avoid this problem and be useful during natural disasters. Satellite phone networks themselves are prone to congestion as satellites and spot beams cover a large area with relatively few voice channels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Integration_into_conventional_mobile_phones">Integration into conventional mobile phones</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Integration into conventional mobile phones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018, <a href="/wiki/Thuraya" title="Thuraya">Thuraya</a> operator announced it's first both cellular + satellite android-based smartphone<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the X5 touch,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and lately the Satsleeve. </p><p>In the early 2020s, manufacturers began to integrate satellite connectivity into <a href="/wiki/Smartphone" title="Smartphone">smartphone</a> devices for use in remote areas, out of the <a href="/wiki/Cellular_network" title="Cellular network">cellular network</a> range.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The satellite-to-phone services use <a href="/wiki/L_band" title="L band">L band</a> frequencies, which are compatible with most modern handsets.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, due to the antenna limitations in the conventional phones, in the early stages of implementation satellite connectivity is limited to satellite messaging and satellite emergency services.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a> <a href="/wiki/IPhone_14" title="IPhone 14">iPhone 14</a> started supporting sending emergency text messages via Globalstar satellites.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, the Apple <a href="/wiki/IPhone_15" title="IPhone 15">iPhone 15</a> added satellite communication with roadside service in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, T-Mobile formed a partnership to use Starlink services via existing <a href="/wiki/LTE_(telecommunication)" title="LTE (telecommunication)">LTE</a> spectrum, expected in late 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, <a href="/wiki/AST_SpaceMobile" title="AST SpaceMobile">AST SpaceMobile</a> started building a <a href="/wiki/3GPP" title="3GPP">3GPP</a> standard-based cellular space network to allow existing, unmodified smartphones to connect to satellites in areas with coverage gaps.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, <a href="/wiki/Qualcomm" title="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</a> announced Snapdragon Satellite, the service that will allow supported cellphones, starting with <a href="/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon" title="Qualcomm Snapdragon">Snapdragon</a> 8 Gen 2 chipset, to send and receive text messages via <a href="/wiki/5G" title="5G">5G</a> <a href="/wiki/Non-Terrestrial_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Terrestrial Network">non-terrestrial networks</a> (NTN).<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, Iridium introduced Project Stardust, a standard-based satellite-to-cellphone service supported via <a href="/wiki/NB-IoT" class="mw-redirect" title="NB-IoT">NB-IoT</a> for 5G non-terrestrial networks, which will be utilized over Iridium's existing low-earth orbit satellites. Scheduled for launch in 2026, the service provides messaging, emergency communications and IoT for devices like cars, smartphones, tablets and related consumer applications.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Satellite_phone&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output 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title="Communications satellite">Communications satellite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computer_network#History" title="Computer network">Computer network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Data_compression" title="Data compression">Data compression</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Audio_coding_format" title="Audio coding format">audio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discrete_cosine_transform" title="Discrete cosine transform">DCT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Image_compression" title="Image compression">image</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_coding_format" title="Video coding format">video</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_media" title="Digital media">Digital media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Internet_video" title="Internet video">Internet video</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Online_video_platform" title="Online video platform">online video platform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">streaming</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drums_in_communication" title="Drums in communication">Drums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edholm%27s_law" title="Edholm's law">Edholm's law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electrical_telegraph#History" title="Electrical telegraph">Electrical telegraph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fax#History" title="Fax">Fax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heliograph#History" title="Heliograph">Heliographs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydraulic_telegraph#Greek_hydraulic_semaphore_system" title="Hydraulic telegraph">Hydraulic telegraph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Information_Age" title="Information Age">Information Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Information_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Information revolution">Information revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Internet" title="History of the Internet">Internet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media#History" title="Mass media">Mass media</a></li> <li><a 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title="Phryctoria">Phryctoria</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semiconductor" title="Semiconductor">Semiconductor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Semiconductor_device" title="Semiconductor device">device</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MOSFET" title="MOSFET">MOSFET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_transistor" title="History of the transistor">transistor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoke_signal" title="Smoke signal">Smoke signals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_telecommunication" title="History of telecommunication">Telecommunications history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telautograph" title="Telautograph">Telautograph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telegraphy" title="Telegraphy">Telegraphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teleprinter" title="Teleprinter">Teleprinter</a> (teletype)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_telephone" title="History of the telephone">Telephone</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Telephone_Cases" title="The Telephone Cases">The Telephone Cases</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_television" title="History of television">Television</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digital_television" title="Digital television">digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Streaming_television" title="Streaming television">streaming</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable#Early_history:_telegraph_and_coaxial_cables" title="Submarine communications cable">Undersea telegraph line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_videotelephony" title="History of videotelephony">Videotelephony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whistled_language" title="Whistled language">Whistled language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wireless_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Wireless revolution">Wireless revolution</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pioneers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nasir_Ahmed_(engineer)" title="Nasir Ahmed (engineer)">Nasir Ahmed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Howard_Armstrong" title="Edwin Howard Armstrong">Edwin Howard Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_M._Atalla" title="Mohamed M. Atalla">Mohamed M. Atalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Logie_Baird" title="John Logie Baird">John Logie Baird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Baran" title="Paul Baran">Paul Baran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bardeen" title="John Bardeen">John Bardeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell" title="Alexander Graham Bell">Alexander Graham Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emile_Berliner" title="Emile Berliner">Emile Berliner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee" title="Tim Berners-Lee">Tim Berners-Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Blake_(inventor)" title="Francis Blake (inventor)">Francis Blake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagadish_Chandra_Bose" title="Jagadish Chandra Bose">Jagadish Chandra Bose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bourseul" title="Charles Bourseul">Charles Bourseul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Houser_Brattain" title="Walter Houser Brattain">Walter Houser Brattain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vint_Cerf" title="Vint Cerf">Vint Cerf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Chappe" title="Claude Chappe">Claude Chappe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogen_Dalal" class="mw-redirect" title="Yogen Dalal">Yogen Dalal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Davis_Jr." title="Daniel Davis Jr.">Daniel Davis Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Davies" title="Donald Davies">Donald Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_Dolbear" title="Amos Dolbear">Amos Dolbear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edison" title="Thomas Edison">Thomas Edison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_de_Forest" title="Lee de Forest">Lee de Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth" title="Philo Farnsworth">Philo Farnsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Fessenden" title="Reginald Fessenden">Reginald Fessenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisha_Gray" title="Elisha Gray">Elisha Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Heaviside" title="Oliver Heaviside">Oliver Heaviside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hooke" title="Robert Hooke">Robert Hooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erna_Schneider_Hoover" title="Erna Schneider Hoover">Erna Schneider Hoover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Hopkins_(physicist)" title="Harold Hopkins (physicist)">Harold Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardiner_Greene_Hubbard" title="Gardiner Greene Hubbard">Gardiner Greene Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Internet_pioneers" title="List of Internet pioneers">Internet pioneers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Kahn">Bob Kahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawon_Kahng" title="Dawon Kahng">Dawon Kahng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_K._Kao" title="Charles K. Kao">Charles K. Kao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Singh_Kapany" title="Narinder Singh Kapany">Narinder Singh Kapany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr" title="Hedy Lamarr">Hedy Lamarr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Landell_de_Moura" title="Roberto Landell de Moura">Roberto Landell de Moura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Innocenzo_Manzetti" title="Innocenzo Manzetti">Innocenzo Manzetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi" title="Guglielmo Marconi">Guglielmo Marconi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Metcalfe" title="Robert Metcalfe">Robert Metcalfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Meucci" title="Antonio Meucci">Antonio Meucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Morse" title="Samuel Morse">Samuel Morse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jun-ichi_Nishizawa" title="Jun-ichi Nishizawa">Jun-ichi Nishizawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Grafton_Page" title="Charles Grafton Page">Charles Grafton Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radia_Perlman" title="Radia Perlman">Radia Perlman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stepanovich_Popov" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Stepanovich Popov">Alexander Stepanovich Popov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tivadar_Pusk%C3%A1s" title="Tivadar Puskás">Tivadar Puskás</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Philipp_Reis" title="Johann Philipp Reis">Johann Philipp Reis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Shannon" title="Claude Shannon">Claude Shannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almon_Brown_Strowger" title="Almon Brown Strowger">Almon Brown Strowger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sutton_(inventor)" title="Henry Sutton (inventor)">Henry Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Sumner_Tainter" title="Charles Sumner Tainter">Charles Sumner Tainter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" title="Nikola Tesla">Nikola Tesla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camille_Tissot" title="Camille Tissot">Camille Tissot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Vail" title="Alfred Vail">Alfred Vail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Watson" title="Thomas A. Watson">Thomas A. Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wheatstone" title="Charles Wheatstone">Charles Wheatstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_K._Zworykin" title="Vladimir K. Zworykin">Vladimir K. Zworykin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Transmission_medium" title="Transmission medium">Transmission<br />media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coaxial_cable" title="Coaxial cable">Coaxial cable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiber-optic_communication" title="Fiber-optic communication">Fiber-optic communication</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Optical_fiber" title="Optical fiber">optical fiber</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free-space_optical_communication" title="Free-space optical communication">Free-space optical communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molecular_communication" title="Molecular communication">Molecular communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_wave" title="Radio wave">Radio waves</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wireless" title="Wireless">wireless</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transmission_line" title="Transmission line">Transmission line</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunication_circuit" title="Telecommunication circuit">telecommunication circuit</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Network_topology" title="Network topology">Network topology</a><br />and switching</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandwidth_(computing)" title="Bandwidth (computing)">Bandwidth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_link" title="Telecommunications link">Links</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Node_(networking)" title="Node (networking)">Nodes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terminal_(telecommunication)" title="Terminal (telecommunication)">terminal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Network_switch" title="Network switch">Network switching</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Circuit_switching" title="Circuit switching">circuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Packet_switching" title="Packet switching">packet</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telephone_exchange" title="Telephone exchange">Telephone exchange</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Multiplexing" title="Multiplexing">Multiplexing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space-division_multiple_access" title="Space-division multiple access">Space-division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frequency-division_multiplexing" title="Frequency-division multiplexing">Frequency-division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time-division_multiplexing" title="Time-division multiplexing">Time-division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polarization-division_multiplexing" title="Polarization-division multiplexing">Polarization-division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbital_angular_momentum_multiplexing" title="Orbital angular momentum multiplexing">Orbital angular-momentum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Code-division_multiple_access" title="Code-division multiple access">Code-division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Communication_protocol" title="Communication protocol">Communication protocol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computer_network" title="Computer network">Computer network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Data_communication" title="Data communication">Data transmission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Store_and_forward" title="Store and forward">Store and forward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_equipment" title="Telecommunications equipment">Telecommunications equipment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_network" title="Telecommunications network">Types of network</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cellular_network" title="Cellular network">Cellular network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethernet" title="Ethernet">Ethernet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Services_Digital_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Integrated Services Digital Network">ISDN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_area_network" title="Local area network">LAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_telephony" title="Mobile telephony">Mobile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next-generation_network" title="Next-generation network">NGN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_switched_telephone_network" title="Public switched telephone network">Public Switched Telephone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_network" title="Radio network">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Television broadcasting">Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telex" title="Telex">Telex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UUCP" title="UUCP">UUCP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wide_area_network" title="Wide area network">WAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wireless_network" title="Wireless network">Wireless network</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_network" title="Telecommunications network">Notable networks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ARPANET" title="ARPANET">ARPANET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BITNET" title="BITNET">BITNET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CYCLADES" title="CYCLADES">CYCLADES</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FidoNet" title="FidoNet">FidoNet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet" 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