Falls Church, Virginia-based satellite startup Lynk has successfully sent a text message from space to a mobile phone on Earth.

Lynk was named the #5 most promising young company to watch this year on Technical.ly’s 2020 RealLIST Startups. Launched in 2017 and formerly named UbiquitiLink, the startup has a patented space tech designed to allow cellphone users to stay connected virtually anywhere on earth using low-earth-orbit nanosatellites, even in isolated areas.

The test that took place on Feb. 24 — “witnessed by independent third-party observers,” according to the company — saw the success of multiple sent text messages between the company’s patented “cell phone tower in space” and a mobile phone. This milestone brings Lynk a step closer to its goal of using satellites to provide broadband services to mobile phone users all over the planet.

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