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by woevdbz 1387 days ago
How does the radio link budget work from the cell phone to the satellite? (I understand downlink can work with powerful tx at the satellite end but most cell phones transmitters are much lower power)
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this is why he said it could take 30 min to get a text out. it's essentially noise/a very low bit rate on uplink.