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Satellite phones connect to orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell sites to provide voice calls, text messages, and low-bandwidth internet access in remote areas without cellular service. Depending on the system, coverage can include the entire Earth or only specific regions. Early satellite phones were comparable in size to 1980s/1990s mobile phones but had large retractable antennas, while newer models resemble regular smartphones; they are popular for remote expeditions. Larger fixed satellite phone installations use antennas and electronics suitable for marine vessels or vehicles, bringing connectivity to areas beyond cell towers.

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Mobile Phone Satellites Cell Sites Voice Short Messaging Service Internet

Satellite phones connect to orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell sites to provide voice calls, text messages, and low-bandwidth internet access in remote areas without cellular service. Depending on the system, coverage can include the entire Earth or only specific regions. Early satellite phones were comparable in size to 1980s/1990s mobile phones but had large retractable antennas, while newer models resemble regular smartphones; they are popular for remote expeditions. Larger fixed satellite phone installations use antennas and electronics suitable for marine vessels or vehicles, bringing connectivity to areas beyond cell towers.

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A satellite telephone, satellite phone, or satphone is a type of mobile phone that connects to

orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell sites. They provide similar functionality to terrestrial
mobile telephones; voice, short messaging service and low-bandwidth internet access are
supported through most systems.
Depending on the architecture of a particular system, coverage may include the entire Earth or
only specific regions.
The mobile equipment, also known as a terminal, varies widely. Early satellite phone handsets
had a size and weight comparable to that of a late-1980s or early-1990s mobile phone, but
usually with a large retractable antenna. More recent satellite phones are similar in size to a
regular mobile phone while some prototype satellite phones have no distinguishable difference
from an ordinary smartphone.[1][2] Satphones are popular on expeditions into remote areas where
terrestrial cellular service is unavailable.
A fixed installation, such as one used aboard a ship, may include large, rugged, rack-mounted
electronics, and a steerable microwave antenna on the mast that automatically tracks the
overhead satellites. Smaller installations using VoIP over a two-way satellite broadband service
such as BGAN or VSAT 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.

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