Focus: Asia-Pacific
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Connectivity
Huawei Talks 5G in London
Huawei presented its 5G products and solutions in London on Thursday, claiming that the Chinese technology firm is supporting 41 telecom operators in their 5G commercial releases. Yang Chaobin, President […]
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Finance
Mitsubishi Electric Completes New Satellite Production Facility
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has completed a new satellite production facility at the company’s Kamakura Works in Kamakura, Japan. Between this facility and existing facilities, Mitsubishi Electric’s plans to increase annual […]
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Finance
Spaceflight Industries to Sell Rideshare Launch Business to Japanese Companies
Spaceflight Industries is selling its satellite rideshare launch business Spaceflight to Mitsui & Co., in partnership with Yamasa Co. Spaceflight Industries plans to leverage the capital from this agreement to […]
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Technology
Astroscale, JAXA Partner for Debris Removal Project
Astroscale Holdings has been selected as the commercial partner for Phase I of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) first debris removal project, calling it a “groundbreaking” step by Japan […]
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Connectivity
Thaicom Says it Will Finish Moving Customers to New Satellite This Month
Thaicom has nearly finished migrating customers from Thaicom 5 after the satellite suffered a technical anomaly. The company has asked its satellite television broadcast customers to migrate their television platforms […]
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Technology
Azercosmos, Infostellar Secure Ground Station Partnership
Infostellar’s customers will have access to Azercosmos’ satellite constellations from the Azercosmos Ground Station (AGS), located in the Absheron Peninsula, according to an agreement the companies announced on Feb. 6. […]
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Connectivity
MPA Exec Addresses Asia’s Billion-Dollar Satellite Broadband Question
While markets such as India and Philippines continue to show strong growth, there is little doubt that satellite pay-TV is facing huge challenges across Asia as Over-the-Top (OTT) competition begins […]
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Connectivity
OneWeb Forms Partnership for Connectivity in Kazakhstan
OneWeb has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), a financial hub in Central Asia, to accelerate broadband connectivity in Kazakhstan. The partners will work […]
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Launch
Arianespace Launches Satellites for Eutelsat, Indian Space Research Organization
Arianespace successfully launched a dual-satellite Ariane 5 mission from French Guiana on Thursday, placing the EUTELSAT KONNECT and GSAT-30 into geostationary transfer orbit. The launch, designated Flight VA251, was Arianespace’s […]
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Launch
Lockheed Martin Ships JCSAT-17 Satellite to Launch Site
Lockheed Martin has shipped JCSAT-17, its third satellite based on the modernized LM 2100 bus, to French Guiana for launch. JCSAT-17, built for Sky Perfect JSAT (SJC), will provide flexible […]
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Connectivity
Connectivity is Shaping the Digital Future of the Pacific Region
The Pacific Islands stand on the cusp of a digital revolution, and mobile connectivity will play a pivotal role in this transformation. Not only will it offer critical access to […]
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Uncategorized
China Runs the First Mobile Quantum Satellite Station
The world’s first portable ground station for sending and receiving secure quantum communications is up and running. The station has successfully connected to China’s Quantum Science Satellite, nicknamed Mozi, which […]
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Government/Military
Mozambique Uses Chinese Satellite to Predict Natural Disasters
Mozambique’s National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) has begun using a satellite system provided by China, according to Xinhua. INAM announced on Friday that the new system will allow for more […]
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Launch
Mitsubishi Electric Builds Satellite for Japan
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has designated Mitsubishi Electric as the prime contractor of the new satellite for Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2, Mitsubishi Electric announced on Sunday. Mitsubishi Electric aims […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX Launch Delivers Payloads for Sky Perfect JSAT, Kacific
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Monday, Dec. 16, at 7:10 […]
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Technology
Capricorn Partners With Infostellar on Ground Segment Services
Capricorn Space has partnered with Japanese ground segment service provider Infostellar to allow Infostellar customers access to its satellite constellations from the Australian Ground Network – West (AGN-W) site near […]
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Connectivity
Capricorn Selects Hardware Supplier for its Australian Satellite Teleport
Capricorn Space has contracted antenna systems supplier ViaLite to install RF- over-fiber links at its new Australian teleport, ViaLite announced Dec. 10. ViaLite said that it would supply lossless, […]
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Launch
Rocket Lab’s Successful Launch of 10th Electron Will Aid Recovery Plans
Rocket Lab successfully launched its 10th Electron spacecraft on Friday morning. The launch delivered payloads for Spaceflight and Alba Orbital. The mission, “Running Out of Fingers,” lifted off from Rocket […]
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Connectivity
RSCC Partners with Azercosmos to Provide Multi-Regional Communications Services
The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has signed a cooperation agreement with Azerbaijan’s satellite communications operator Azercosmos to jointly provide satellite communications and broadcasting services in Baku, Azerbaijan and surrounding […]
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Imagery and Sensing
China Launches 27th Satellite of 2019
China successfully launched a new weather radar-imaging satellite designed for civilian use, Chinese state media confirmed. Gaofen 12, the latest in a fleet of Chinese Earth observation satellites, lifted off […]
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Launch
China Launches Two More BeiDou Satellites
China launched two BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 8:55 a.m. Saturday. The satellites were launched on a […]
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Finance
China’s Luokung Technology Acquires eMapgo Technogies
Luokung Technology, a Chinese spatial-temporal big-data processing technology company, revealed that Geely Technology Group and Acuitas Capital have made strategic investments in Luokung through the purchase of preferred shares and common […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Leaf Space Signs On as Pixxel’s Partner on the Ground
Italian microsatellite ground segment company Leaf Space has reached an agreement with Pixxel to support the Earth imagery startup’s first 24 satellites, set to launch in July. Pixxel designed its […]
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Government/Military
CyberSat Sees Dueling Views of Russia as Partner, Adversary in Space
When it comes to outer space, Russia is both a partner and an adversary for the U.S., a duality made clear by two very different keynotes at Thursday’s CyberSat 2019 […]
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Connectivity
Gary Shapiro Calls 5G “Battleground” Between US and China
The collection of new cellular and networking technologies and standards known as 5G is the latest battleground between the United States and China on the world stage, and at stake […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Soar Partners With China Siwei on Satellite Imagery
Digital mapping and imagery company Soar revealed a strategic partnership with the China Siwei Surveying and Mapping Technology, a part of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). Soar, which […]
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Government/Military
Via TV: RSCC Discusses State of Russian Space Industry
The Russian space industry faces a number of challenges over the next few years. It will look to embrace the power of satellite technologies to reduce the digital divide […]
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Mobility
Gilat, China Satcom Deploy DVB-S2X Technology
Gilat Satellite Networks and China Satellite Communications will work in partnership to enable and deploy Gilat’s DVB-S2X technologies throughout China while supporting all business verticals. The companies had already established […]
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Technology
Kacific Picks Petro1 to Provide Ground Infrastructure Services
Kacific Broadband Satellites Group selected PT. Petro One Indonesia (Petro1) to provide ground infrastructure services in Indonesia for its new satellite, built by Boeing, which will launch at the end […]
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Government/Military
Maxar, Australian Space Agency Sign Cooperation Agreement
Maxar Technologies signed a joint statement of strategic intent and cooperation with the Australian Space Agency. Under the statement, Maxar and Australian Space Agency will investigate collaboration in areas of […]




























