[pct-l] About my first generation SPOT

[Kathi]

It was my understanding that the SPOT units do know if the message 
reached the satellite. Normally when I was testing it and was in poor 
view of the satellites (between buildings, in my house, etc.) I would 
get any error message that the satellites were not visible.

On 10/18/12 5:21 PM, Dan Jacobs wrote:
> First, the SPOT units do not know of the message has actually made it to
> the satellite. It only knows if it sent the complete message some X number
> of times.
>
> Second, Iridium uses satellites that fly in polar orbit. I have no idea
> what Globalstar satellite orbits are.
>
> Dan Jacobs
> Washougal
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