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No Direct Satellite View Needed: Cellular Starlink Phone Gets Signal in Your Pocket

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SpaceX's direct-to-cell Starlink service can communicate with a phone even while it’s in your pocket, a SpaceX senior director for satellite engineering said.

Ben Longmier has been testing the direct to cell service, which the company confirmed works inside.

SpaceX is developing the technology to help mobile carriers provide coverage in cellular dead zones.

The FCC gave SpaceX emergency approval to use the cellular Starlink satellites to help hurricane victims.

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