China's domestic satellite internet achieves networked communication across Earth's three poles for the first time.

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19/10/2026
On October 19, 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 domestically produced satellite internet along the Arctic route, and that this voyage successfully carried out networked communication verification across the Arctic, Antarctic, and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for the first time.