Lower-cost, space-based mobile phone services will soon be a reality ... It is "all about helping the small satellite community get into orbit," says Dan Hart, Virgin Orbit's president and chief ...

One needs specialized gear to tap into the satphone network, few of us can justify the expense of satellite phone service ... But they believe with even a small constellation of perhaps a half ...

The first wood-panel satellite is on a SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, where it will test the durability of ...

That service requires a small satellite dish to hook up to the broadband. AST hopes that the convenience of being able to connect using just a phone, at a reasonable price, will be a big draw.