The Legacy Of The Satellite Phone

Satellite phones today are of great use if you are already getting rid of your obsolete telephones at home or your miserable cellular phones due to signal failures.



It was in the early 1960 to 1990’s that the satellite phone was introduced to the market. But before its arrival let us first trace its origin by glancing at its brief history.



The pioneering satellite phone that offer the first ever planetary coverage is known as the Iridium Satellite Phone, which until now still exists. The name Iridium was derived from the chemical element in your periodic table, Iridium with an atomic number of 77. In the beginning it consists of 72 active constellations but at present it has only 66 active satellites.



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