Exactly, although for the atmosphere they use adaptive optics to reduce the interference, maybe you meant weather 
And what do you think "weather" is ? Let me help by quoting wiki: "Weather is the state of the atmosphere".
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Phones do connect to satellites, not for communication tho but for gps and other similar services
GPS is a receiver. There is no communication in the other direction whatsoever, its a passive device, just like an FM radio.