# Combination of Notecard/Internal GPS on "Satellite" system **URL:** \ **Category:** Starnote\ **Created:** [October 2, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/combination-of-notecard-internal-gps-on-satellite-system/3654 "2026-10-02T18:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![richf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@richf](https://discuss.blues.com/u/richf)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/combination-of-notecard-internal-gps-on-satellite-system/3654/1 "2026-10-02T18:22:45Z")
Hi, on a ‘Starnote(Iridium)’ system using the internal GPS modem on a Notecard, if we traverse out of cellular range, will the (internal) GPS continue to operate? Also, will a Hub Sync ever be requested? regards, Rich … ---
**Author:** ![hroche](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/hroche/32/1442_2.png) [@hroche](https://discuss.blues.com/u/hroche)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/combination-of-notecard-internal-gps-on-satellite-system/3654/2 "2026-10-12T10:50:07Z")
Hi Rich. Sorry for the delay on this one. Yes, the modem’s internal GPS should continue to function, although you are probably better off using the GPS on the Starnote instead. See [here](https://dev.blues.io/starnote/satellite-best-practices/#use-starnote-as-an-external-gps) for more on this topic. It should be faster, and I believe it will use less power than using the cell modem’s GPS. Can you please tell me: - Which location-related Notecard requests you’re using (e.g. `card.location.mode` and parameters), and whether you’re using the `ntn.gps` request. - The Notecard firmware version you’re using. - The Starnote firmware version. > Also, will a Hub Sync ever be requested? Could you clarify what you mean? ---
**Author:** ![richf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@richf](https://discuss.blues.com/u/richf)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/combination-of-notecard-internal-gps-on-satellite-system/3654/3 "2026-10-14T11:30:20Z")
Hi Hayden, Thanks for the reply – here’s the info .. Notecard firmware version is 11.4.1.17828 Iridium firmware version is “version”: “starnote-x-11.3.2.17807”, My program is modeled after one of your GPS examples – GPS is set to “continuous” for a “short” time – L/L & time is acquired and then GPS is set to “off”. (the program [main.cpp] was written for an Arduino). In the long run, the GPS would most likely be “woken” up once an hour, or so, with the L/L being posted to the server via the “satellite” transport. I was having trouble acquiring a GPS fix - I posted the pseudo code to your forum and Rob responded with a comment regarding Hub.sync monitoring – my implementation had a bug which Rob corrected for me. But – it still wasn’t working. I then installed the latest firmware versions, as noted above, and ‘voila’, “internal” GPS was acquired via the Notecard. I then enabled NTN operation & diagnostics indicated that the internal Iridium GPS was working. I’ll be doing more testing & will feed back any issues if they arrive. Thanks a lot for the help .. ALSO thanks to Diseree for helping. regards, Rich .. Someone replied to your post. > ![](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/hroche/45/1442_2.png "hroche") | [hroche](https://discuss.blues.com/u/hroche) > October 12 | > > - | - | Hi Rich. Sorry for the delay on this one. Yes, the modem’s internal GPS should continue to function, although you are probably better off using the GPS on the Starnote instead. See [here](https://dev.blues.io/starnote/satellite-best-practices/#use-starnote-as-an-external-gps) for more on this topic. It should be faster, and I believe it will use less power than using the cell modem’s GPS. Can you please tell me: - Which location-related Notecard requests you’re using (e.g. `card.location.mode` and parameters), and whether you’re using the `ntn.gps` request. - The Notecard firmware version you’re using. - The Starnote firmware version. > Also, will a Hub Sync ever be requested? Could you clarify what you mean?