Focus: Asia-Pacific

SpaceX’s Starlink internet service is now available in parts of Japan, and the company signed an agreement with Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI to act as a Starlink integrator.  SpaceX tweeted...

SES has teamed up with Kazakhstan’s Republican Centre for Space Communications (RCSC), a subsidiary of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry, to bring high-speed connectivity services to...

AsiaSat has signed a new broadcast capacity contract with a leading French broadcaster. The company announced TV5Monde, will use AsiaSat 5 to distribute TV5Monde Pacifique HD to serve audiences in...

Telstra, one of Asia’s largest telcos, is looking forwarding to deepening its relationship with the satellite industry as it looks to embrace new satellite tech over the coming years. Sri...

SES has signed a new video deal in the Indonesian market, one of Asia’s largest broadcast markets. The operator announced Sept. 21 that Indonesian entertainment network operator Mola will use...

Digicel is expanding its partnership with SES for disaster resiliency in Tonga throgh the O3b satellite constellation. The Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation will support connectivity in Tonga while the undersea...

Rocket Lab launched the third radar satellite for Japanese startup Synspective on Thursday evening. The mission, “The Owl Spreads Its Wings,” marked the 30th Electron rocket launch and Rocket Lab’s...

KT SAT Corporation has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space for the Geostationary (GEO) Koreasat 6A communications satellite, based on the Spacebus 4000B2 platform. KT SAT and Thales announced...

PARIS — Regional operators from around the world are examining their place in the new world order of satellite, particularly the importance of data and how Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations...

ABS has looked to one of the Middle East’s biggest operators for its new CEO. The company announced Sept. 9 that it had appointed Yahsat’s Chief Strategy Officer Amit Somani...