yes Satellite comms is still used a lot for news feeds and broadcasting and where other options are not available for audio such a telephone but its not ideal due to latency,
Dont hold your breath waiting for more of my adventures, I am OK with talking about them with colleagues at work who have been through similar, but for people that havent experienced that life they may seem weird bizarre or unlikely if that makes sense, but I am giving serious thoughts to writing about some of them