Focus: Asia-Pacific

A rocket developed by OneSpace failed to reach orbit after lifting off from a state launch facility in northwestern China, state media reported on Thursday, the second failed orbital launch […]

In 2001, the night sky was lit up by an extraordinary meteor shower. The Leonid meteors were so prolific that this shower became the most active in more than three […]

Spaceflight will launch 21 spacecraft on a rideshare mission from India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at India’s Satish Dhawan Space Center. The launch is scheduled for April 1. Payloads […]

Rocket Lab has scrubbed today’s launch, which would have been its second commercial lift-off. The company posted shortly before the targeted 12:36 p.m. launch time, “The team has identified a […]

KVH Industries expanded its mini-VSAT Broadband High Throughput Satellite (HTS) network to the Pacific Ocean via the Horizons 3e satellite, which is jointly owned by Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT. KVH […]

Phase Four, producers of electric radio frequency (RF) thrusters for in-space propulsion, created a new agreement with Japan-based Sunrise. Sunrise specializes in aerospace technology, including satellite hardware and launch. As part […]

Hughes Network Systems and Indonesian telecommunication and information service provider PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) deployed their 2,000th Community Wi-Fi Hotspot in the country. With an average of 500 people having […]

Fifty years after the first moon landing, an American triumph that gripped the world, China marked the start of 2019 with its own lunar achievement. Chang’e-4, a Chinese probe, landed […]

China successfully launched the ChinaSat 6C broadcast satellite on a Long March-3B carrier rocket on Sunday, from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China. According to the release, the satellite will […]

MEASAT Satellite Systems launched Himalaya TV High Definition (HD) (HTV) for distribution across Nepal and Asia Pacific via the MEASAT-3 satellite. HTV, founded in 2010, is a Kathmandu-based private television […]

Hughes Communications India (HCIL) received a Flight and Maritime Connectivity (FMC) license from the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. The first company to be granted the FMC license in India, […]

Data Device Corporation (DDC) carried out another successful flight of its SCS750 Single Board Computer (SBC) on the Second Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT-2). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and The Japan […]

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch two orbital missions based on the NanoAvionics M6P nanosatellite bus. Among the features of the M6P bus is a pre-integrated design that aims to shortes […]

SES’ newest satellite, SES-12, is now ready to serve its video, fixed data, mobility, and government customers across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. The satellite is designed with both wide […]

Intelsat introduced Mobile Reach Manage, a new end-to-end managed service that enables Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to quickly and cost effectively deploy their 2G/3G/4G network infrastructure into areas once considered […]

SpaceX successfully launched SSL‘s Nusantara Satu communications satellite, built for Indonesian satellite operator PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the SpaceX launch base in Cape Canaveral, Florida […]

Eutelsat Communications and Afghanistan Broadcasting System (ABS) signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for video capacity on the Eutelsat 53A satellite. ABS will use Eutelsat 53A’s Ku-band resources over central Asia to […]

Speedcast International revealed that it will replace the Cook Islands’ existing international hub termination service with a new domestic hub for data, voice, domestic terrestrial television distribution, and cellular backhaul. […]

Thaicom still has work to do as it looks to become a turnaround story over the next two years, considering the company has been operating in a tough environment for satellite […]

Airbus and SKY Perfect JSAT signed a cooperation agreement for the design preparation of the European Data Relay Satellite (EDRS)-D node. This third communication node of the SpaceDataHighway system is to be positioned […]

In the second part of Via Satellite’s interview, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Orion, Kirill Makhnovskiy examined how the balance of Over-the-Top (OTT) and satellite may change in Russia. […]

Russia has always been a successful market for satellite pay-TV. With a growing appetite for pay-TV and a huge amount of territory to cover, it is a good time for […]

According to a report from Reuters, OneWeb Chairman Greg Wyler said that the company’s upcoming launch has been delayed due to a problem discovered on the Russian Soyuz rocket. The […]

Gilat Satellite Networks was awarded a multi-year contract to provide equipment and services for broadband connectivity over the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) GSAT-11 across India. Larsen & Toubro (L&T), […]

According to an announcement from the Australian National University (ANU), scientists used new space technology to predict droughts and increased bushfire risk, up to five months in advance. “We’ve been […]

Goonhilly Earth Station has been making waves, quite literally, with its deep space antennas. The U.K.-based “gateway to space” has been around since the 1960s, but its new leadership team […]

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C44) successfully lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India at 23:37 (IST) on Jan. 24. This was the rocket’s 46th flight, carrying […]

Luokung Technology, a Chinese graphics data processing technology company, is strategically cooperating with the National Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Applications (the Engineering Center), which is China’s national-level center […]

With the support of specialists from Istar, the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) successfully completed the installation and commissioning of five central stations. These stations use UHP equipment to provide […]

Newtec provided a Newtec Dialog hub system to Satsol, a teleport and Internet Service Provider (ISP) on the Solomon Islands. As one of the Solomon Islands’ three ISPs, Satsol currently provides approximately […]