Focus: Asia-Pacific

Commercial space station company Sierra Space announced a $290 million Series B funding round on Tuesday, valuing the company at $5.3 billion. The round takes Sierra Space’s total capital raised...

Measat is connecting close to 600 school sites in remote locations nationwide through its CONNECTme NOW high-speed wireless satellite broadband services, the company announced Friday, adding that the initiative is...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) signed an MoU with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) to boost India’s space capabilities. The MoU...

Thaicom has ordered a new software-defined satellite from Airbus, based on the OneSat product line. This is Thaicom’s first flexible satellite and will give the operator the ability to adapt...

Fleet Space Technologies is investing $250,000 into Thor Energy Plc, a mineral exploration company, as part of a collaboration at a site in South Australia.  Fleet Space and Thor will...

The Australian government signed a deal with Iceye for flood and bushfire hazard data across the country. The agreement for access to Iceye’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery will...

Viasat snags another in-flight connectivity win, announcing a deal Tuesday to connect 30 Airbus A321neo planes for Korea’s flagship air carrier, Korean Air. The aircraft will be operated on short...

Measat and Parcel65 have revealed details of a milestone as they look to help rural entrepreneurs across Malaysia. The two companies announced Aug. 24 that they had activated the Program...

SES has announced in a new partnership in the Philippines. SES is teaming up with We Are IT (WIT) to deliver connectivity services via the SES-9 satellite to 43 Filipino...

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) plans to launch a multi-spectral optical satellite on Friday, Aug. 25, a first for major university in Hong Kong. HKUST announced...