Focus: Asia-Pacific

Thaicom awarded Kratos Defense & Security Solutions the contract for an end-to-end ground system for the Thaicom-10 satellite, announcing the award on Sept. 16.  Under the contract, Kratos will deliver...

Japanese startup Synspective has had a busy summer as the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) company ramps up its constellation deployment. In June, Synspective announced a $44 million Series C round,...

Eutelsat has signed a new, multi-year deal with SoftBank which will see the company integrate Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO connectivity services into its offering and provide a new element to the...

Orbit Communications has won a $6 million contract in Asia with an unnamed Asian integrator to supply advanced satellite communication systems for new naval military platforms. These OceanTRx 7MIL systems...

Thaicom and Hughes announced Wednesday that they signed a capacity agreement for India, one of Asia’s biggest markets. IPSTAR India will provide satellite capacity services to Hughes in India via...

Starlink will be able to offer satellite broadband services in Sri Lanka, a country in South Asia with a population of around 22 million people. The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of...

Japanese rocket launcher in development Interstellar Technologies raised 3.1 billion yen ($21 million) in a Series E funding round announced Aug. 5.  New investors SBI GROUP and NTT DOCOMO invested...

Aalto HAPS (AALTO) has broadened its reach into one of the largest markets in Asia. The company signed an MoU with PT Dayamitra Telekomunikasi Tbk (Mitratel), an Indonesian digital infrastructure telecoms company...

Japanese satellite manufacturer Axelspace is debuting a new service for in-orbit demonstration of space components, called AxelLiner Laboratory or AL Lab. The service allocates space on Axelspace’s 100 kg-class microsatellites...

Indian space startup Dhruva Space and Kinéis have signed a joint technological and commercial partnership to bring the French IoT company’s connectivity to India.  Dhruva Space will provide Kinéis IoT...