Comment on The iPhone 13 Does Not Have Satellite Internet, Band N53 and GlobalstarparentComments−throw0101a5yThe return link seems to be part of the EU's Galileo GNSS system, which has SAR components to it generally, and this is a new one:* https://www.euspa.europa.eu/newsroom/news/galileo-return-lin...Galileo's implementation actually seems to have entered "full operational capacity" a few months ago:* https://ec.europa.eu/defence-industry-space/galileosar-uniqu...The US has officially approved use of the appropriate spectrum (406 MHz) as well:* https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/08/2021-02...
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The return link seems to be part of the EU's Galileo GNSS system, which has SAR components to it generally, and this is a new one:
* https://www.euspa.europa.eu/newsroom/news/galileo-return-lin...
Galileo's implementation actually seems to have entered "full operational capacity" a few months ago:
* https://ec.europa.eu/defence-industry-space/galileosar-uniqu...
The US has officially approved use of the appropriate spectrum (406 MHz) as well:
* https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/08/2021-02...