Asia Pacific Space Community Council
2 October 2026 – Eutelsat today announced that Airbus Defence and Space has completed the first 32 new OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites for Eutelsat at its facility in Toulouse, France. The satellites are now preparing to be shipped for an upcoming launch with SpaceX, marking a major milestone in Eutelsat’s programme to renew…
1 October 2026 – ICEYE, the European leader in sovereign intelligence from space, and Nokia, a global leader in connectivity infrastructure, today announced a partnership to develop secure, sovereign and high-performance broadband low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications systems for governments, supporting missions from defense and border security to emergency services and disaster response. Built…
30 September 2026 – Rocket Lab announced it has signed a multi-year launch agreement for 20 new Electron missions with Tokyo-based Earth observation company Synspective. The contract is the largest commercial launch contract for Electron in Rocket Lab’s history and brings the total number of Electron missions for Synspective to 47 – the most of…
30 September 2026 – SES and Sky have extended their long-standing partnership in a new multi-year agreement for direct-to-home (DTH) satellite services across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, running into the next decade. Under the agreement, Sky will continue to leverage SES’s satellite capacity at the 28.2 degrees East orbital position to deliver…
25 September 2026 – Thaicom Public Company Limited (“Thaicom”) today announced that it has officially changed its company name to Gulf Space Technology Public Company Limited, effective 17 September 2026. The company will begin trading on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) under its new ticker symbol, “GST”, effective 28 September 2026. The new company…
23 September 2026 – Eutelsat and MEO, Portugal’s leading telecommunications operator, today announced a new partnership agreement to expand the delivery of Eutelsat’s OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity services in Portugal. Under the agreement, MEO will integrate Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO services into its connectivity solutions, combining satellite, fibre and 5G technologies, to provide resilient…
23 September 2026 – During ICT Week Uzbekistan 2026, Minister of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sherzod Shermatov met with senior management of APT Satellite Company Limited (APT Satellite) to discuss the development of satellite communications, telecommunications infrastructure, and expanded cooperation in Central Asia. The parties explored the satellite communications market in Uzbekistan,…
21 September 2026 – SES and JioStar, South Asia’s largest media conglomerate, today announced a new multi-year deal under which SES will provide satellite distribution services for JioStar’s portfolio of television channels across India and the Indian sub-continent using the IS-20 satellite. The agreement enables JioStar to distribute its channels reliably to cable, DTH and…
19 September 2026 – At 18:50 September 19th, 2026 BJT, Long March-2D (LM-2D) Launch Vehicle successfully launched PIESAT-02 1316 satellites from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC). PIESAT-02 1316 Satellites are owned by Zhuzhou Space Interstellar Satellite Technology Co.,Ltd. and designed & manufactured by GalaxySpace, which are mainly used for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging, with…
17 September 2026 – Arianespace and Aerospacelab have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand their cooperation in launch services and identify new opportunities for Aerospacelab’s missions and those of its customers. Under the agreement, Aerospacelab plans in particular to use Arianespace’s Ariane 64 launch services to deploy satellite fleets, primarily for European institutional…