Asia Pacific Space Community Council
14 May 2026 – Eutelsat announces the launch of QBC Business Economic Channel by Qatar Media Corporation, broadcasting in 4K/UHD via Eutelsat’s 7/8° West video neighbourhood. The new channel, first of its kind in Qatar, officially launched on May 5, 2026 and marks a significant milestone in the region’s media landscape as one of the…
14 May 2026 – Intuitive Machines, Inc., a space technology, infrastructure, and services leader, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. (“Goonhilly”), a world-class deep space communications provider with major ground station assets in the United Kingdom and Goonhilly USA Inc. (dba COMSAT). The acquisition, which will…
13 May 2026 – NEC Corporation has launched a project to develop an Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) following its selection by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the agency’s decision to award NEC with a grant for the technology development theme “Technologies for Realizing Flexible Mobility in Space: (A) Development of Inter-Orbital Transportation Vehicles.”…
7 May 2026 – Rocket Lab announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Motiv Space Systems (“Motiv”), a California-based company specializing in space robotics, motion control systems, and precision mechanisms for spacecraft. The acquisition will advance two strategic objectives for Rocket Lab: it will add Mars-proven robotics heritage and capability for advanced planetary…
7 May 2026 – Rocket Lab announced it has been selected by defense technology company Anduril Industries for multiple hypersonic test flights with its HASTE launch vehicle. The partnership brings together two defense industry leaders to advance one of the Department of War’s most critical technology areas: scaled hypersonics that deliver Mach 5 and beyond…