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New Delhi, July 9 — Elon Musk’s Starlink has cleared a major regulatory hurdle in India, receiving authorisation from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), according to sources on Wednesday. But while this paves the way for the satellite internet pioneer’s official launch, Starlink now enters an increasingly crowded and competitive satellite communications market.Having secured licenses in early June to operate GMPCS (Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite) services, VSAT services, and ISP Category-A under the unified license framework, Starlink becomes the third major player to gain approval from India’s Department of Telecom, joining rivals OneWeb and…