March 18, 2020

Startup Lynk Claims First-Ever LEO to Cell Message

Lynk Global said that it has reached the first-ever milestone of successfully connecting a satellite in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to a mobile phone on Earth, and has sent a text message from space to a mobile phone. The Falls Church, Virginia-based company said it conducted the test on Feb. 24 and has successfully repeated it multiple times, including with independent observers.