Focus: Asia-Pacific

Goonhilly Earth Station, a U.K. space company, announced the appointment of Bob Gough as Australia and Asia-Pacific head of business development. Based in Australia, Gough will spearhead commercial expansion for...

The United Nations Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development’s Working Group on Broadband for the Most Vulnerable Countries issued a report at the UN headquarters indicating that access to broadband internet...

RockFleet, a global tracking and messaging system manufactured by U.K.-based Iridium satellite communications specialist Rock Seven, has been selected as one of four approved devices in a mandated plan to...

China successfully launched two remote sensing satellites for Pakistan today, according to China’s Xinhua news agency. The satellites, PRSS-1 and PakTes-1A, were launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest...

The Russian space agency Roscosmos is planning to issue a manufacturing contract to the Research and Production Association of Machine-Building for a new remote-sensing satellite worth $147 million, the Russian...

Japanese space debris-removal company Astroscale has established its first ground station in Totsuka, Yokohama, the company announced July 6. The ground station will provide data transmission and reception services in...

South Korean telecommunications company KT Corporation, unveiled its Skyship next-generation platform for disaster and safety management. It is the company’s latest venture into 5G-enabled technologies. The Skyship platform will be...

Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) will use its AsiaSat 7 satellite to deliver “Public News,” a new HD news channel from Sports Star International of Pakistan, across the Asia-Pacific region, the...

Spaceflight Industries will send Fleet Space Technologies’ 10-kilogram Centauri 1 nanosatellite into orbit on an ISRO/Antrix Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) sometime in 2018. The Adelaide, Australia-based Internet-of-Things startup is launching...

Japanese launch startup Interstellar Technologies’ Momo-2 rocket burst into flames just seconds after its liftoff from the Taiki launch facility in Hokkaido, Japan. The Momo-2 launch vehicle was completely destroyed....