Thuraya website coverage map. A second satellite located above Kenya provides further coverage in The Middle East, Europe and Africa etc.

Look up angle explanation 

Examples of line of site look up angle locations. (These angles were calculated using the Dish Align App.)

If you were in Alice Springs your phone would need to see an angle of 44 degrees above the horizon which is half way up to the vertical and in a north westerly direction. 

Broome                 55 degrees   

Darwin                  50

Perth                     48

Alice Springs          44

Cairns                    33

Adelaide                 31

Melbourne              25

Brisbane                23

Sydney                 22