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SpaceX gets FCC License to use V4 Starlink dish for vehicles

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Starlink seeking regulatory clearance for international cellular service trials Starlink recently celebrated reaching 3 million customers in 99 countries across the globe. Starlink internet services provide connectivity to various remote areas worldwide, including the Amazon and the Fiji islands.

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The Metals Company contracts CSIRO-led consortium to develop environmental monitoring and management plan for deep-sea nodule collection

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The company through its subsidiaries holds exploration and commercial rights to three polymetallic nodule contract areas in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean regulated by the International Seabed Authority and sponsored by the governments of Nauru, Kiribati and the Kingdom of Tonga. Deep sea mining remains controversial.

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SpaceX Starlink services to launch on Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300ER aircraft

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The international airline announced that Starlink internet would be available on three Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. People from Fiji Islands and Indonesia were the latest addition to Starlink customer base. Qatar Airways plans to make SpaceX Starlink services available in its modern planes within the next two years.

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IEEE Humanitarian Program Sees Record Growth

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International Telecommunication Union secretary-general. The committee also for the first time awarded funding for projects in Fiji and Spain. Speakers included 2021 IEEE President Susan “Kathy” Land ; Paola Vega Castillo , Costa Rica’s minister of science, technology, and telecommunications; and Houlin Zhao , the U.N.

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