Focus: Asia-Pacific

Satellite operator ABS “Agility Beyond Space” has appointed former O3b Networks CEO Mark Rigolle as the company’s new CEO. He will be based in the ABS office in Dubai, UAE....

Astrocale Japan reached a technical milestone involving its commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite, Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J). The company said Thursday that it completed the rendezvous phase of...

Starlab Space, the joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus, welcomed Japanese multinational company Mitsubishi Corporation as a new strategic partner and equity owner. This partnership, announced on April 4,...

Spire Global set an agreement with Korean company Hancom InSpace to enhance its Sejong-1 satellite and to build and operate two additional satellites, Sejong-2 and Sejong-3. The company said that...

Mira Aerospace is collaborating with India-based aerospace and defense company VEDA Aeronautics to deliver high altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) solutions to the Indian market. Mira Aerospace is a joint venture...

Rocket Lab launched the fourth satellite for Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) company Synspective.  Rocket Lab launched the mission on an Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand...

Intelsat is bringing its FlexMove service to deliver land mobility connectivity to customers in hard-to-reach locations throughout India. This is done in collaboration with Intelsats India-based partner, Cloudcast Digital Limited...

Thaicom taps Astranis to build THAICOM-9, an Astranis MicroGEO satellite. Thaicom, an Asian satellite and space tech company, selected Astranis to build a MicroGEO satellite to provide Ka-band services over...

Planet Labs Federal, a subsidiary of Planet Labs, was awarded a contract by the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific for vessel detection and monitoring over key areas in the...

SpaceX successfully launched a telecommunications satellite for Indonesia, Merah-Putih-2, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday, Feb 20. Merah-Putih-2, named after Indonesia’s flag colors, was designed to improve connectivity in the...