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Textile antenna promises futuristic communications

28 September 2009

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Det finska företaget Patria Aviation Oy har med stöd från ESA tagit fram en antenn som både kan ta emot GPS-signaler och fungera som antenn för en satellittelefon.

Credits: Patria Aviation Oy

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Communication and navigation via textile antenna

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The demonstrator antenna attached to the jacket was developed by the Finnish Patria Aviation Oy company with support from ESA. The antenna makes two-way voice and data communication possible through the Iridium mobile system, and with GPS for receiving positional data. Iridium could also relay the position of the user to operational centres.

Credits: Patria Aviation Oy