Focus: Asia-Pacific

NEC is teaming up with Ursa Space Systems on satellite image data analysis services. The Japanese tech giant has made an interesting new foray into satellite with this collaboration. The...

Japanese radar company Synspective signed a 10-launch deal with Rocket Lab, the largest Electron launch contract to date. The launches will take place from New Zealand across 2025 to 2027....

mu Space and Advanced Technology (mu Space) is teaming up with Interlink Telecom Public Company (ITEL) to expand service offerings in Thailand and beyond. The collaboration between mu Space and...

Japanese ground segment as a service company Infostellar is deploying a company-owned network of satellite ground antennas throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Infostellar announced on June 10. Locations include Japan, Singapore,...

Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA), a spaceport operator and launch technology infrastructure company, has hired Joshua Daish, as its new Head of Arnhem Space Center site operations. Daish will also take...

Rocket Lab has launched two satellites in 11 days, in another key milestone for the company. It has completed the second of two Electron launches for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant...

SES has made inroads into the satellite market in Uzbekistan. The operator announced Monday that it had signed a deal with Uz-Sat, the Republic of Uzbekistan’s national broadband satellite service...

Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo, Mizuho Bank (the Development Bank of Japan), and Space Compass Corporation announced Monday that they have partnered on a $100 million investment in Airbus subsidiary AALTO HAPS...

Nara Space Technology has completed a $14.5 million Series B funding round. The South Korean start-up, which specializes in small satellite manufacturing and data analytics, has now raised approximately $24.3...

Japanese satellite operator Sky Perfect JSAT ordered a software-defined satellite from Thales Alenia Space, JSAT-31. Based on the Space INSPIRE platform, JSAT-31 will have the largest capacity in the history...