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Starlink, a division of Elon Musk<\/a>'s SpaceX<\/a>, has almost 4,000 low-orbit satellites lined up across the skies, connecting people in remote corners of the Amazon and providing a crucial advantage to Ukranian forces on the battlefield. The lightweight, high-speed internet system has also proved a new and valuable tool for Brazil's illegal miners, with reliable service for coordinating logistics, receiving advance warning of law enforcement raids and making payments without flying back to the city.
Agents from the Brazilian environment agency's special inspection group and the federal highway police rapid response group on Tuesday found one Starlink terminal up and running next to a pit, an officer who participated in the raid told The Associated Press. He spoke on condition of anonymity over concerns for his personal safety.
They also seized 600 grams of mercury (21 ounces), 15 grams (0.5 ounces) of gold, 508 cartridges of ammunition of varying calibers, and personal documents. They destroyed 3,250 liters (848 gallons) of fuel, four mining barges, 12 generators, 23 camping and storage units, and seven outboard motors.
The mining area known as Ouro Mil is controlled by Brazil's most feared criminal organization, known as the First Command of the Capital, according to federal investigations.
Since taking office this year, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has empowered authorities to crack down on environmental violations, particularly illegal mining in Yanomami land, Brazil's largest Indigenous territory. In recent years, an estimated 20,000 prospectors contaminated vital waterways with mercury used to separate gold. They have disrupted traditional Indigenous life, brought disease and caused widespread famine.
The environment agency, known as Ibama, has seized seven Starlink terminals in Yanomami land over the past five weeks, including the two this Tuesday, the agency's press office said in an emailed statement. An untold number of the highly portable Starlink terminals could have been taken with miners as they fled sites into the rainforest.
Illegal miners have long used the internet to communicate and coordinate, but until now that entailed sending a technician, usually by plane, to install a heavy, fixed antenna that cannot be carried off whenever mining sites move or are raided. Even so, the connection was slow and unstable, especially on rainy days. Connection in the Amazon's small- and medium-sized cities has been no better.
Starlink - which first became available in Brazil last year and has spread rapidly - solved these problems. Installation is do-it-yourself, the equipment works even on the move, speed is as fast as in Brazil's large cities and it even works during storms.
Starlink has long viewed the Amazon as an opportunity. That was underscored by Musk's visit to Brazil last May. He met with then-President Jair Bolsonaro and the region was at the center of their conversation.
\"Super excited to be in Brazil for launch of Starlink for 19,000 unconnected schools in rural areas & environmental monitoring of Amazon,\" Musk tweeted at the time.
That project with the Brazilian government, however, hasn't advanced. SpaceX and the communications ministry<\/a> haven't signed any contract, and only three terminals were installed in Amazon schools for a 12-month trial period, the ministry's press office said in an emailed response to questions.
Nevertheless, Starlink has taken off in the region and begun ushering in change.
In Atalaia do Norte, on the western reaches of the Brazilian Amazon near the borders with Peru and Colombia, Rubeney de Castro Alves installed Starlink at his hotel in December. Now, he can make bank transfers and conduct video calls. He even started binging Netflix.
\"There are so many new things to watch that I'm not even sleeping,\" Alves said, chuckling.
His son once flew all the way to Manaus, the state capital 1,140 kilometers (708 miles) away, just to negotiate with a group of tourists via conference call. Today, internet at his 11-room hotel in Atalaia do Norte is more reliable than in Manaus, Alves said.
He bought a second terminal for his tour boat. Up until now, passengers even on his 10-day voyages have had to do without any communications. If something were amiss, no one would know until the boat failed to arrive on time.
With high demand for internet, dozens of the riverside town's 21,000 residents flock to Alves' hotel each day. Its balcony is a meeting point for teenagers who spend hours playing online games on their phones.
\"It made a revolution in our city,\" Alves said.
A world away, in Ukraine, Starlink has yielded advantages on the battlefield in its war with Russia.
Ukraine has already received some 24,000 Starlink terminals. Amid ongoing Russian shelling of civilian infrastructure, they allow continued internet connection in the most vulnerable regions in the country's southeast. In all large Ukrainian cities, authorities have set up \"points of resilience\" that offer free internet along with hot beverages.
The benefits of connectivity were immediately apparent to bad actors in the Amazon, Hugo Loss, operations coordinator for Brazil's environment agency, told the AP in a phone interview. It allows coordination of equipment, miners, food and fuel.
\"This technology is extremely fast and really improves the ability to manage an illegal mine,\" Loss said. \"You can manage hundreds of mining sites without ever setting foot in one.\"
Another official with the environment agency told the AP it is just beginning to expel miners from the Yanomami territory and the spread of Starlink is a fever among illegal miners, complicating that mission. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns about personal safety.
An unauthorized reseller of Starlink in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state that is the gateway for travel into Yanomami territory, has been marketing the units in a WhatsApp group for illegal miners and promising same-day delivery.
Her price for a terminal is $1,600, with monthly installments of $360 - six times what Alves pays for service at his little hotel in Atalaia do Norte.
As lawbreakers have gained access to superior internet service, authorities have started using Starlink themselves. Federal agents installed a terminal at a new checkpoint on the Uraricoera River - an important corridor for miners entering Yanomami territory. The official who informed the AP about the Tuesday raid used Starlink to send photos and even heavy video files of their operation via WeTransfer.
Brazil's environment agency told the AP via email that it, along with other federal bodies, is studying how to block Starlink's signal in illegal mining areas.
\"This measure is crucial to dismantling the logistics that sustain illegal mining in Indigenous Territories,\" its press office said.
The AP emailed James Gleeson, SpaceX's Communications Director, questions about Starlink's presence in Brazil and its use by illegal miners in remote areas, but received no response.
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麝香的网络工具方便在巴西亚马逊糟糕的演员
从巴西环境代理机构的专项检查小组和联邦高速公路警察快速反应小组周二发现一个我们终端启动并运行一个坑旁边,一名军官参与突袭告诉美联社。他不愿透露姓名的担忧他的人身安全。
我们的一个部门Elon Musk的SpaceX公司,几乎4000颗低轨道卫星列队穿过天空,联系亚马逊和偏远角落的人们提供一个关键优势乌克兰军队在战场上。轻量级、高速网络系统也证明了一个新的、有价值的工具,用于巴西非法矿商与可靠的服务协调物流,收到预警的执法行动和付款没有飞回城市。
从巴西环境代理机构的专项检查小组和联邦高速公路警察快速反应小组周二发现一个我们终端启动并运行一个坑旁边,一名军官参与突袭告诉美联社。他不愿透露姓名的担忧他的人身安全。
他们还缴获了600克的水星(21盎司),15克(0.5盎司)的黄金,508不同管径的子弹的弹药,和个人文件。他们摧毁了3250升(848加仑)的燃料,四个采矿驳船,12个发电机,23露营和存储单元,七舷外发动机。
矿区称为Ouro Mil是由巴西最害怕犯罪组织,被称为第一个命令,根据联邦调查。
今年上任以来,总统路易斯•伊纳西奥•卢拉•达席尔瓦已经授权当局打击环境违法行为,特别是在亚土地非法采矿,巴西最大的土著领地。近年来,估计有20000探矿者与汞污染的重要水道用于分离黄金。他们破坏了本土传统生活,带来了疾病和引起了普遍的饥荒。
环境局,环保局,抓住七我们终端在亚地过去五周,包括两个本周二,该机构的新闻办公室在一份电子邮件声明中表示。具有高度的可移植性的无数我们终端与矿商可能会被他们逃离网站进入雨林。
非法矿商长期使用互联网交流和协调,但直到现在,发送一个技术人员,通常乘飞机,安装一个重,固定天线不能带走了每当矿业网站移动或袭击。即便如此,连接是缓慢和不稳定,特别是在雨天。连接在亚马逊的中小城市还没有好。
我们——第一次在巴西去年和迅速传播,解决这些问题。自己动手安装,设备工作即使在移动,速度是在巴西的大城市一样快,甚至在风暴期间工作。
我们一直认为亚马逊是一个机会。由麝香强调访问巴西去年五月。他会见了时任睚珥Bolsonaro和该地区是他们谈话的中心。
“超级兴奋无关的是19000年在巴西推出我们的学校在农村地区和环境监测的亚马逊,“麝香推。
与巴西政府项目,然而,没有先进的。SpaceX和通信部门还没有签署任何合同,只有三个终端安装在亚马逊学校12个月试用期,卫生部新闻办公室通过电子邮件回答提问说。
然而,我们已在该地区起飞,开始进入了变化。
在Atalaia做北方,西方的边界附近的巴西亚马逊与秘鲁和哥伦比亚,Rubeney德卡斯特罗阿尔维斯安装12月我们在他的旅馆。现在,他可以转账,还能进行视频通话。他甚至开始暴饮暴食Netflix。
“有那么多的新东西要看,我甚至不睡觉,”阿尔维斯说,呵呵。
他的儿子曾经飞到玛瑙斯,州首府1140公里(708英里),只是为了与一群游客通过电话会议谈判。今天,互联网在他北Atalaia 11-room酒店做的是更可靠的比在玛瑙斯,阿尔维斯说。
他买了第二个终端的游览船。直到现在,乘客甚至在他为期10天的航行必须没有任何通信。如果有什么不妥,没有人会知道,直到船未能准时到达。
对互联网的需求,高数十个河边小镇的21000居民涌向阿尔维斯酒店每一天。阳台是一个会议点花几个小时玩网络游戏的青少年在他们的手机。
“这在我们城市革命,”阿尔维斯说。
一个世界,在乌克兰,我们在战场上取得了优势与俄罗斯的战争中。
乌克兰已经收到了一些24000我们终端。在正在进行的俄罗斯炮击民用基础设施,它们允许继续在最脆弱的互联网连接在该国东南部地区。所有大型乌克兰城市当局设立了“弹性”的,提供免费的网络和热饮料。
连接的好处明显不好的演员在亚马逊,雨果损失,业务协调员巴西环境局在电话采访中告诉美联社。它允许协调设备、矿工、食物和燃料。
“这项技术是非常快,真正提高我管理一个非法的能力,“损失说。“你可以管理数百矿业网站没有踏进一个。”
与环境机构另一名官员告诉美联社,这是刚刚开始驱逐矿工从亚领土和我们是一个热的传播非法矿工,复杂的任务。该官员不愿透露姓名的因为担心人身安全。
未经授权的经销商我们的蟒蛇Vista,赖马州的首都的网关进入亚领土,一直在营销单位WhatsApp集团非法矿工和承诺当天送货。
她对一个终端的价格是1600美元,每月分期付款360美元——六次阿尔维斯在他的小酒店支付服务Atalaia做北。
违法者已经获得优越的互联网服务,当局已经开始使用我们自己。联邦特工终端安装在一个新的检查点Uraricoera河,矿工进入亚领土的重要通道。的官员告诉美联社周二突袭我们用来发送照片,甚至通过WeTransfer沉重的视频文件的操作。
巴西的环境机构告诉美联社通过电子邮件,以及其他联邦机构正在研究如何阻止我们在非法采矿领域的信号。
“这项措施对拆除物流是至关重要的,保持在本土地区非法采矿,“其新闻办公室说。
美联社邮件詹姆斯•格里森SpaceX的通信主管的问题我们在巴西的存在及其使用非法矿商在边远地区,但未得到回应。
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