Focus: Asia-Pacific

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...

Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS has tapped Rocket Lab for a dedicated Electron launch, switching mission providers after Virgin Orbit went out of business. The mission is set for September...

Korean launch company Innospace signed a deal with Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) to launch multiple orbital missions from the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC), a new spaceport in Australia’s Northern Territory....

Malaysia’s national air carrier, Malaysia Airlines, selected Viasat’s in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution for its new Boeing 737-8 fleet. The companies announced the deal Thursday, and said the first factory installation...

Viasat has opened a new ground station for its Real-Time Earth (RTE) service in Hokkaido, Japan, hosted at Infostellar’s site. Viasat said the new 7.3 meter, Ka-band antenna will support...

Eutelsat has a new agreement with a Thaicom subsidiary to lease half the capacity on a new software-defined satellite over Asia to increase its service over the continent. The deal...

The Japanese government has selected Warpspace for a small business innovation research (SBIR) project to develop interoperable optical communication modems and routers. Japan’s SBIR program supports R&D and commercializing small...