Asia Pacific Space Community Council
4 September 2025 – Eutelsat Group announced it will now be known simply as Eutelsat, bringing all its activities and subsidiaries under one brand. This evolution reflects the company’s transformation into a global connectivity leader and its commitment to providing a clear, consistent identity for customers, partners, and shareholders worldwide. Following its successful merger with…
3 September 2025 – ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, today announced a key milestone in achieving interoperability between its ground system and the 5G Core through its innovative Interworking Gateway Function. This demonstrated a non-3GPP satellite network connecting seamlessly with the 5G ecosystem while appearing fully 3GPP-compliant. This proof of concept…
3 September 2025 – EUMETSAT has announced that the Meteosat Third Generation Imager 2 (MTG-I2) satellite will launch on an Ariane 62 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. This announcement was made following the approval of an updated launch service agreement at an extraordinary meeting of the EUMETSAT Council in Darmstadt, Germany on 2…
2 September 2025 – Viasat announced that its JetXP business aviation in-flight broadband service is now delivering five times more capacity across the Eastern United States, with a phased nationwide expansion in the coming months. All Viasat’s business aviation customers using the Honeywell JetWave or Gogo Plane Simple Ka-band terminals are benefitting from the capacity…
1 September 2025 – Thaicom announced that its subsidiary, Space Tech Innovation Company Limited or STI has successfully signed a USD 184 million ECA supported export credit facility with Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Bank for the THAICOM 10 Satellite. Under the agreement, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Bank will provide STI with a 14…