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Old 14th Mar 2014, 18:19
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x_navman
 
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Ole.

that's for a handset - a phone - which has data capability, but at a very low bit rate.

the isatphone is a relatively new product - 5 years..?

Most other Inmarsat products have directional antennas

but even if they were using an Inmarsat product without a directional antenna, the antenna still probably had a GPS, and the location could be transmitted in the "ping", without any need to get the location from other instruments on the aircraft
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