AST SpaceMobile recently completed a series of tests where its engineers downloaded data at 10Mbps from an off-the-shelf smartphone connected to a satellite in low-Earth orbit..
  • Redex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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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.