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Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Poland has begun a process that could lead to a national satellite communications system modeled on Starlink. The announcement, made at Poland’s International Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce, signals an effort to build sovereign space-based connectivity capacity.
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Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Poland has begun a process that could lead to a national satellite communications system modeled on Starlink. The announcement, made at Poland’s International Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce, signals an effort to build sovereign space-based connectivity capacity.
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