Focus: Asia-Pacific

Germany’s Media Broadcast Satellite (MBS) signed a launch deal with South Korean launch startup Innospace for two missions to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Innospace will launch two missions with its HANBIT launch […]

Maxar Intelligence entered into a partnership with Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) to deploy Maxar’s Raptor software suite across Taiwan’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry, the company announced Friday. […]

A realistic appraisal of China’s potential in space requires us to suspend the natural but distortive habit of projecting our own views onto another. This is one of the great […]

Japanese pay-TV satellite operator SKY Perfect JSAT signed a technology partnership agreement with Harmonic to utilize its software-based XOS Advanced Media Processor in the enhancement of JSAT’s playout and delivery […]

Iceye has appointed Yasuhiro “Pete” Tsukahara as its new CEO of Iceye Japan. With the establishment of Iceye Japan and the appointment of Tsukahara, Iceye is targeting a more prominent […]

Satellogic has a new strategic partnership with satellite data analytics company Suhora that gives Suhora exclusive rights to market Satellogic’s imagery and data in India and Nepal. Satellogic announced the […]

DE-CIX has announced it will integrate SpaceX’s Starlink into its interconnection ecosystem in India, and it is the first internet exchange operator in India to do so. This comes as […]

Sky Perfect JSAT is joining an R&D project to demonstrate satellite-based quantum key distribution (QKD) led by Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT).  The project is part […]

Sumitomo Corporation of Americas has invested into Ursa Space Systems to help the company serve customers across Asia, particularly in the Japanese market. The firm is the largest subsidiary of […]

Starlink services are now available in Kazakhstan, a country with a population of around 20 million people. Starlink announced availability in the country on Aug. 13. This comes after the […]

India is investing in a national Earth Observation (EO) constellation, selecting Pixxel to lead a consortium of companies under a public-private partnership framework. The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization […]

Eutelsat Group has a new agreement in place for connectivity services in India with Nelco Limited, a Tata Group company. Nelco will offer Eutelsat Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity for land, […]

Space TS, an Indian space systems engineering and satellite solutions company, and Synergy Quantum, a company specializing in military-grade post-quantum cybersecurity, have agreed to jointly develop what could be India’s first indigenous quantum-secure […]

Malaysian satellite operator Measat has received authorization to provide satellite services in India through NewSpace India Limited as a local partner.  Measat announced July 8 that it secured authorization from […]

The demand for satellite-based connectivity is expanding as governments, telcos, and enterprises look to increase their coverage. With new high-throughput satellites, LEO, and multi-orbit solutions, there are more options than […]

BAE Systems and Hanwha Systems have signed a new MoU to develop a multi-sensor satellite system to collect radio frequency (RF) and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data.   Announcing the MoU […]

Geodesic Capital has raised $250 million for its Geodesic Alliance Fund, a new venture fund focused on advancing the U.S.-Japan alliance. The fund aims to invest in technologies that enhance national […]

SpaceX scored a major victory for its Starlink constellation business by winning a long sought-after license from India’s Department of Telecommunications to launch commercial operations in the country, according to […]

Low-Earth orbit satellite global weather intelligence provider Tomorrow.io will partner with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to help farmers adapt to climate change and boost productivity using Artificial Intelligence in […]

Intelsat has received approval from the Indian government to provide satellite coverage directly to India’s broadcast media companies.  Intelsat announced the approval from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation […]

Iceye plans to develop a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation with Japanese heavy industry company IHI Corporation under a new MoU announced Thursday. IHI and Iceye plan to establish a […]

LONDON — Increasing understanding of Chinese spy satellites took center stage at this year’s Military Space Situational Awareness Conference in London, which brought together leaders and academics in space data last […]

The FCC granted Lynk Global approval to provide satellite direct-to-device services in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.  Lynk is working with mobile network operator (MNO) partner Docomo Pacific, subsidiary […]

The Japan Exploration Agency (JAXA) has selected Aerospacelab, in partnership with Mitsui Bussan Aerospace (MBA), to supply the satellite platform to host JAXA’s SAMRAI payload in a demonstration mission.  This […]

Japanese mobile network operator Rakuten Mobile and AST SpaceMobile completed what they claim is the first-ever broadband video call between unmodified smartphones in Japan using a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite. […]

Maryland-based quantum computing company IonQ entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korean satellite antenna and gateway developer Intellian Technologies to explore a partnership that would merge quantum […]

Taiwan’s largest telco, Chunghwa Telecom, is investing in a dedicated MicroGEO satellite built by Astranis, to increase access to satellite capacity. The companies said this will be the first communications […]

Comtech‘s Montreal-based Satellite Networks Technologies Corp. business completed initial deliveries of its next generation very small aperture terminal (VSAT) systems to an unnamed Navy partner in the Asia Pacific region. […]

CesiumAstro has entered a contract with the Taiwan Space Agency to supply software-defined payloads and ground user terminals for Taiwan’s experimental Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite program.  CesiumAstro, headquartered in Texas, […]

SES has made an interesting move when it comes to quantum-secure communications. It has teamed up with Singapore-based SpeQtral to develop an interoperable optical ground station (OGS) to establish long-distance […]