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I doubt there are many other options for internet in the ocean

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dweekly3y ago

Don't forget Inmarsat.

https://www.inmarsat.com/en/solutions-services/maritime/serv...

Or Globalstar.

https://www.globalstar.com/en-us/blog/articles/satellite-sol...

walrus013y ago

globalstar is a bad joke and not a viable option for maritime services (or over-ocean aviation services) because unlike iridium or inmarsat, its satellite terminal-to-earth-station architecture is a bent pipe.

there is zero globalstar mid ocean coverage.

there is a reason you will see lots of competing options for people integrating the iridium embedded modems into things designed to go on top of $40 million business jets and just about zero globalstar.

jonah3y ago

An Iridium embedded modem is one of the things we came across in the wreckage of a small plane we were recovering the pilot's remains from[0].

It was for his Spidertracks[1] flight tracking system. (Which, with the ADSB track, helped us hone in on the possible location. The wreck ended up being right in line with the last few pings.

[0] https://lompocrecord.com/news/local/experienced-solvang-bush...

[1] https://www.spidertracks.com/

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lxgr3y ago

Is Iridium really competitive for business jets? The bandwidth of even their next-generation satellites does not seem competitive with the GEOs, and I'd guess bizjets should be mostly fine with their latitude limitations.

I'd expect most of them to go with one of the Ka band these days; they have pretty small antennas available these days as far as I know.

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jml783y ago

People are using starlink on their boats currently for the standard price plus $30 to allow movement

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dweekly3y ago

Don't forget Inmarsat.

https://www.inmarsat.com/en/solutions-services/maritime/serv...

Or Globalstar.

https://www.globalstar.com/en-us/blog/articles/satellite-sol...

walrus013y ago

there is zero globalstar mid ocean coverage.

jonah3y ago

An Iridium embedded modem is one of the things we came across in the wreckage of a small plane we were recovering the pilot's remains from[0].

It was for his Spidertracks[1] flight tracking system. (Which, with the ADSB track, helped us hone in on the possible location. The wreck ended up being right in line with the last few pings.

[0] https://lompocrecord.com/news/local/experienced-solvang-bush...

[1] https://www.spidertracks.com/

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lxgr3y ago

I'd expect most of them to go with one of the Ka band these days; they have pretty small antennas available these days as far as I know.

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jml783y ago

People are using starlink on their boats currently for the standard price plus $30 to allow movement

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse