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  • noun satellite phone

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Examples

  • In addition to the WashTimes publishing that fact, bin Laden had to have known that using a satphone was a risk, ever since Russia assassinated Dzhokhar Dudayev, the Chechen leader, by homing in on his satphone signal.

    Think Progress » ABC’s 9/11 Docudrama Mangles Facts, Smears Washington Post 2006

  • I put one finger in my free ear and thumbed the volume on the satphone to a suitable level.

    Blog Fiction | Sci-Fi | Steamboat Willie | Station151 2010

  • Tabarak continued to use the satphone as his boss made his own escape, to divert attention away from the leader of al-Qaeda.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Tabarak continued to use the satphone as his boss made his own escape, to divert attention away from the leader of al-Qaeda.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Tabarak continued to use the satphone as his boss made his own escape, to divert attention away from the leader of al-Qaeda.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Tabarak continued to use the satphone as his boss made his own escape, to divert attention away from the leader of al-Qaeda.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • The satphone could be used in less serious situations, to request assistance or resupply.

    Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009

  • I had been talking with Peter Beardow, the avuncular satphone geek who runs 7E Communications.

    Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009

  • On a few previous occasions when I had not managed to establish a data connection via the satphone, but had still been able to place a voice call, she had posted a dispatch on my behalf.

    Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009

  • One reply confirmed that the problem was indeed satphone failure.

    Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009

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