Focus: Asia-Pacific

Lynk has initiated satellite-to-cell phone services in the Solomon Islands with its regional mobile operator partner Solomon Islands Limited (Bmobile), which is using Lynk’s “cell-towers-in-space” to connect its customers with […]

Sky Perfect JSAT (JSAT) has signed a new multi-year agreement with Panasonic Avionics as it looks to increase revenues from the domestic in-flight connectivity (IFC) market. The new deal was […]

President Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed an agreement on Thursday providing a legal and technical framework for U.S. commercial space launch vehicles to launch from Australia. According […]

Northrop Grumman completed a critical design review for a relay ground station that will support missile-warning satellites, the company announced last week.  The CDR is for the Relay Ground Station-Asia […]

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are working together to develop an in-orbit telemetry relay service to be demonstrated on the H3 launch vehicle. The […]

Arianespace launched a Vega mission on Sunday, launching an Earth observation satellite THEOS-2 for Thailand and weather satellite Formosat-7R/Triton for Taiwan. The mission also carried 10 additional cubesats, but Arianespace […]

Pale Blue, a Japanese space propulsion startup, has secured a further $7.5 million (1 billion yen) in funding, the company announced Oct. 5. The company also announced that it had […]

The Japanese government awarded Astroscale Japan an award worth up to $80 million for a debris inspection mission. The award announced Monday is a small business innovation research (SBIR) award […]

Astroscale is ready to launch its ADRAS-J mission, which will conduct a close approach and orbit around a piece of space debris. The spacecraft is ready, but a launch window […]

Commercial space station company Sierra Space announced a $290 million Series B funding round on Tuesday, valuing the company at $5.3 billion. The round takes Sierra Space’s total capital raised […]

Measat is connecting close to 600 school sites in remote locations nationwide through its CONNECTme NOW high-speed wireless satellite broadband services, the company announced Friday, adding that the initiative is […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) signed an MoU with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) to boost India’s space capabilities. The MoU […]

Thaicom has ordered a new software-defined satellite from Airbus, based on the OneSat product line. This is Thaicom’s first flexible satellite and will give the operator the ability to adapt […]

Fleet Space Technologies is investing $250,000 into Thor Energy Plc, a mineral exploration company, as part of a collaboration at a site in South Australia.  Fleet Space and Thor will […]

The Australian government signed a deal with Iceye for flood and bushfire hazard data across the country. The agreement for access to Iceye’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery will […]

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 […]

Indian hyperspectral earth-imaging technology firm Pixxel won a grant under the Indian Air Force‘s iDEX Prime program to manufacture miniaturized multi-payload satellites, the company announced Tuesday. Pixxel will to develop […]

Starlink will play a pivotal role in expanding connectivity throughout Australia. Optus, one of Australia’s leading telcos and satellite providers, signed a deal with SpaceX to deliver mobile connectivity using the […]

Astranis will build a satellite dedicated to broadband in the Philippines under a new deal announced Tuesday with satellite service provider Orbits Corp and the government of the Philippines. This […]

Voyager Space signed an MoU with NewSpace India Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), to collaborate on spacecraft launch.  The MoU specifically deals with NSIL’s […]

Fleet Space has appointed Matteo Genna as its new CTO, the company announced July 5. Genna has been in the space industry for around 30 years. After gaining his PhD […]