[lxgr]

There are IoT devices that can talk to geostationary satellites, and these are roughly 100 times further up (36000 km vs. 300-1000 for LEO)!

I have one that’s significantly smaller and lighter than a smartphone, antenna and all.

These satellites partially make up for the distance by deploying huge antennas, sometimes augmented by large reflector meshes that can only unfold in space.

[stavros]

Yeah, that's pretty crazy, I guess that's what GPS receivers do, in the end (though at pretty low bandwidths).