Focus: Asia-Pacific

On Feb. 28, Japan successfully launched a new optical reconnaissance satellite from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. The spacecraft (the details of which are highly classified) will join a...

Thaicom has announced the introduction of Nava, the company’s new maritime service platform for ship and offshore operators. With the launch of Nava, Thaicom is able to support the maritime...

As part of its plan to launch more than 60 satellites over the next five years, the India Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced it will launch the first spacecraft, Gsat...

SES announced that Palau Telecoms, which has leveraged SES Networks’ fleet since 2014, will be extending its contract until 2020 and increasing the amount of Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) connectivity...

Orbital Insight announced it has opened a new sales office in Tokyo, Japan. The office will meet the growing demand for Orbital Insight’s products and services throughout the Asia-Pacific region,...

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) announced it has added a new executive member to its team. Lara Kwok, who joined AsiaSat in August 2017 as director of business development and...

UnicomAirNet has signed a multi-year agreement with Eutelsat Communications to address the fast-growing In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) market in the Asia-Pacific region. As of 2019, UnicomAirNet will lease the remaining capacity...

South Australian satcom company Myriota will open a $2.72 million Internet of Things (IOT) laboratory in Adelaide to help meet the demand for its technology. The South Australian government’s Future...

The “Airbnb for satellite antennas” is introducing a new software platform to support the Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) for amateur Ultra High-Frequency (UHF) satellites. Tokyo-based startup Infostellar’s platform,...

Northern Sky Research’s (NSR) China Satcom Markets (CSM) report finds a Chinese satellite industry primed to take a larger share of the global satcom market through attractive one-stop-shop offerings, aggressive growth...