Originally Posted By: climberslacker
Maybe it has something to do with the military using the satalites in Iraq?


Depending on which type of sat phone depends on which sats they communicate with... Either GEO or LEO.

The military does not task out commercial sats into different orbits. The orbits for the commercial sat phones are very much determined.

The non-reception really has to deal with available sats in the sky and surrounding terrain and available ground station if applicable.
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