Domestic satellite internet achieves networked communication in the Arctic, Antarctic, and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for the first time.

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19/10/2026
On the 19th, the reporter learned from the "Xuelong" (Polar) vessel, which is currently carrying out China's 16th Arctic Ocean expedition, that the ship has completed the quasi-operational application test of a domestically produced satellite internet service on the Arctic route. During this voyage, for the first time, networked communication verification was successfully conducted across the Arctic, Antarctic, and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, opening up the "last blind zone" of global communications.