Focus: Asia-Pacific

ST Engineering and HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency) will establish a new space technology program, and co-develop space-based science and technology capabilities to strengthen Singapore’s public safety operations. […]

Pakistan will now have more capabilities in the field of Earth Observation (EO) with the recent launch of the EO-3 satellite. The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) […]

Sky Perfect JSAT, one of the biggest global operators, is banking on a multi-faceted approach to grow its business over the next few years. SKY Perfect JSAT President & CEO […]

Astroscale and Exotrail will develop a satellite de-orbiting mission together. This new contract brings together Japanese and French expertise in on-orbit servicing to develop a capability for safely removing satellites […]

ArkEdge Space and ABIT Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and satellite communication devices, ArkEdge Space said on Thursday. The partnership […]

Measat Global (Measat) has appointed John Loke as its new Chief Technology Officer. Loke will play a key role in overseeing the company’s digital evolution and regional strategy, with the […]

The role of governments as an investor and market creator will be the dominant trend to watch in the growth of the space economy in India and the Asia Pacific […]

Skyroot Aerospace is set for a critical year as it counts down toward the debut launch of its Vikram-1 rocket, targeted for April of this year. The launch startup, founded […]

Aalto has signed a new deal with one of the biggest telcos in Asia. It has signed a deal with Telkomsel that will commit to advance Indonesia’s Stratospace ecosystem, to […]

Singaporean connectivity provider Can Marine will use Eutelsat’s OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation to deliver maritime connectivity to maritime customers in the Asia-Pacific region, the companies announced Monday. Under the […]

Japanese satellite imagery providers Axelspace and Synspective finalized agreements with SKY Perfect JSAT, Mitsui, and Mitsubishi Electric to provide optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery respectively to the Japan […]

ST Engineering revealed a roadmap for launching a constellation of four synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites on Monday, which it says will provide high-resolution Earth observation coverage […]

Canadian space companies Telesat and MDA Space announced separate MoU’s with Korean tech company Hanwha Systems on Monday to explore collaboration with Korea’s plans for a sovereign Low-Earth Orbit defense […]

An unnamed satellite operator in the Asia Pacific region has contracted Gilat Satellite Networks for $11 million for its SkyEdge platform to deliver advanced mobility services. Gilat reported the SkyEdge […]

Lynk Global has tested its direct-to-device satellite service on the island of Catanduanes in the Philippines, working with partner Smart Communications.  Smart’s Network Strategy and Architecture team conducted the tests […]

Spacecoin, the space startup working to build a decentralized satellite network has signed agreements to pilot satellite internet demonstrations in Kenya, Nigeria, Indonesia, and Cambodia. Spacecoin previously transmitted a blockchain […]

Indonesia’s national satellite operator PT Telkom Satelit Indonesia (Telkomsat) has signed an MoU with Space42 to explore direct-to-device (D2D) collaboration with the Equatys joint venture.  Telkomsat is the first satellite […]

Beeline Kazakhstan, VEON’s digital operator in Kazakhstan, has completed the first Starlink Direct-to-Cell call in Central Asia. The call was conducted in the Akmolinskaya region of Kazakhstan. It was done […]

Indonesia is to use satellite technology to monitor and quantify its blue carbon assets, thanks to a new partnership between Kuva Space and WWF-Indonesia. The initiative will use satellite data […]

Iridium Communications will integrate global satellite IoT connectivity with HD Hyundai Construction Equipment‘s Hi MATE vehicle monitoring system under the terms of a new contract announced Wednesday. The integrated solution, […]

Arianespace launched the KOMPSAT-7 Korean Earth Observation satellite on Monday in a Vega C mission from French Guiana. This was Arianespace’s sixth mission of 2025 overall, and the third Vega […]

Infostellar and Fusic have an ambitious aim to deliver a new software-defined ground system model to customers in Japan and worldwide, thanks to a new partnership. For Infostellar, it will […]

Neo Space Group (NSG) continues to make waves in the in-flight connectivity (IFC) arena with a major new collaboration with one of the Asia’s leading airlines. NSG Skywaves, the company’s […]

Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan’s major telco, has made another move in the satellite arena as it looks to provide better services to customers. It secured an SES O3b Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) […]

New startup Catalyx Space has raised a $5.4 million seed funding round to accelerate its technology development to build space infrastructure including satellite buses and reentry platforms.   Catalyx Space has […]

Leaf Space and Infostellar have signed a new agreement to make Infostellar the exclusive representative of Leaf Space to the Japanese market for its ground segment as-as-a-service (GSaaS) offering.  Under […]

A Japanese consortium of Softbank, ArkEdge Space, Kiyohara Optics, and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) are planning to demonstrate optical communications between space and the stratosphere. […]

Amazon’s Project Kuiper has made inroads into the Central Asian market of Uzbekistan, a country with a population of around 36 million people. Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Digital Technologies has signed […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has ordered two dedicated Electron launches from Rocket Lab, the first of which will launch as soon as this December.  This is Rocket Lab’s […]

Japanese satellite startup ArkEdge Space plans to collaborate with a number of African institutions to use space data to promote sustainable development under a series of new agreements announced this […]