Arianespace has been selected by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to launch Kompsat-7. Arianespace Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Stephane Israël and KARI President Lim Cheol-Ho signed the Kompsat-7 launch contract today. Using a Vega C launcher, the mission will be conducted from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, from December 2021. Developed by…

The Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL), operator of the recently launched Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite, has selected Thaicom, Thailand’s largest commercial satellite communications operator, to help BCSCL develop new markets and business for its satellite services. Under the multi-year consultancy service agreement, Thaicom will provide BCSCL  comprehensive business and market development services for the Bangabandhu-1 satellite,…

E-Geos won an international contract announced by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) in Indonesia, in support of operations at the SAR (Synthetic Radar Aperture) ground station located in the Perançak Space Center The agreement's objective is to guarantee satellite monitoring of illegal fishing within the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone, and E-Geos will…

AsiaSat received its second patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), titled “Methods and Systems for Improving Spectrum Utilization for Satellite Communications." This patents methods and systems to mitigate the imbalance of uplink and downlink spectrum allocation in satellite communications. Through digitalizing uplink spectrum with an onboard Digital Channelizing Processor (DCP), unused…