Unmodified cell phone calls by satellite?

[TheKrell]

A Virginia company has connected mobile phones directly to satellites

Lynk will start with intermittent text messages and expand from there.

arstechnica.com

 

[harshness]

Because the skies obviously need another constellation of LEO satellites floating hither and yon.

 

[NYDutch]

Because the skies obviously need another constellation of LEO satellites floating hither and yon.

Maybe there will be enough of them up there eventually to help stop or reverse global warming...

 

[harshness]

Maybe there will be enough of them up there eventually to help stop or reverse global warming...

As long as they stick to inert gasses (Krypton?) for propellants, that may be a miniscule win.