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So I was looking at the Patent listed. US6148196A
https://
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Satellite 20 may be an individual satellite or satellite system such as the IRIDIUM® system manufactured by Motorola, Inc. The satellite 20 or satellite system may be a low-earth orbiting satellite or satellite system, medium-earth orbiting or geostationary system. The satellite or satellite system 20 provides the communication link between the mobile cell sites 10, 30 and the master control facility 50. Up/down links 21, 22, 23 and 24 may be either RF (radio frequency) links or cellular links such as those supported by the Iridium® system.
https:// spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
Lots of iridium Next activity for communication. I remember seeing previous deployments.
Worth noting?