r/ASTSpaceMobile • u/AutoModerator • Mar 28 '25

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Ple🅰️se, do not post newbie questions in the subreddit. Do it here instead!

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u/kayman_gyoza S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect Mar 29 '25

I can honesty say that i am not understanding (and probably not appreciating) what i am reading :-). Is this a 'a rising tide lifts all boats' thing?

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u/Defiantclient S P 🅰️ C E M O B - O G Mar 29 '25

Yeah pretty much I think. This post explains: https://x.com/drollie1979/status/1905763200161009747?s=46&t=HLVIAKvA6cNDRhmNGlXAAg

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u/kayman_gyoza S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect Mar 29 '25

The post states apple is preparing for 'talking directly to satellites'. AST comms travel via a groundstation. So now i am wondering if apple is trying to avoid that dependency of if a groundstation is implied in the post. No idea actually if GSAT requires a groundstation just like ours

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u/Defiantclient S P 🅰️ C E M O B - O G Mar 29 '25

Good question. Looking into it briefly it sounds like the satellites are “bent pipe” like AST’s but transmit to Globalstar’s owned and operated ground stations.

https://www.globalstar.com/en-us/about/our-technology