There are also other ways to contact Iridium, Inmarsat, Thuraya and Globalstar phones. All you will need to have is an active SIM card, and a valid phone number you will be able to follow the simple instructions below to send a message:
IRIDIUM
Open a new email, ensuring it is plain text and not HTMLIn the recipient, send the email tosatellitephonenumber@msg.iridium.com.On Iridium this should display as8816xxxxxxx@msg.iridium.com.
INMARSAT
Open a new email, ensuring it is plain text and not HTMLIn the recipient, send the email tosatellitephonenumber@message.inmarsat.com.On Inmarsat this should display as87077xxxxxxx@message.inmarsat.com.
THURAYA
Open a new email, ensuring it is plain text and not HTML. In the recipient, send the email tosatellitephonenumber@sms.thuraya.com.On Thuraya this should display as88216xxxxxxx@sms.thuraya.com.