Asia Pacific Space Community Council
3 December 2025 – Aerospace asset finance specialist, SLI (Space Leasing International), has signed heads of agreement for the purchase of two of AscendArc’s next-gen Ka-band satellites with a combined value of over $200 million. This deal is part of a wider partnership that lets AscendArc offer its satellites on leasing terms instead of requiring…
2 December 2025 – Fransat, the Eutelsat subsidiary which operates a DTH platform of DTT channels for the French market, in partnership with software development company, Twise, announces the launch of the CAM EVO PRO. This next-generation conditional access module designed for the FRANSAT PRO service, which distributes France’s DTT channels to collective residences, enables…
1 December 2025 – On December 1st, 2025, at 2:21 p.m. local time (5:21 p.m. UTC, 6:21 p.m. CET), Arianespace successfully launched the KOMPSAT-7 (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-7) satellite. The mission, called “VV28” was performed using an Arianespace operated Vega C rocket, launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. KOMPSAT-7 was placed in Sun-synchronous orbit at…
1 December 2025 – Astroscale U.S., a leading provider of on-orbit services and logistics across all orbits, is advancing a new generation of Autonomous Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking (ARPOD) technologies that will redefine how satellites are operated, serviced and supported in space. Building on an $8.7 million contract awarded by the Air Force Research…
1 December 2025 – Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has unveiled the next phase in the evolution of its NexusWave bonded connectivity service, following the successful launch of the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 satellite and in anticipation of the launch of the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite. As the two ViaSat-3 satellites are scheduled to enter service…
27 November 2025 – The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) announced the successful fourth launch of the Korean Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV-II, Nuri), a rocket independently developed to secure the nation’s sovereign space transportation capability. Following the successful second and third launches, this consecutive fourth success significantly enhances Nuri’s…
25 November 2025 – Thales Alenia Space has signed multiple contracts shaping the core industrial team that will build the European Space Agency (ESA) Argonaut Lunar Descent Element. ESA’s Argonaut Mission, planned for launch from the 2030s, will deliver cargo, infrastructure and scientific instruments to the Moon’s surface. These contracts follow the one already signed…
25 November 2025 – Alén Space has completed the manufacture of ETRISat, a 6U CubeSat fully developed at its facilities in Nigrán (Spain) for the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), one of South Korea’s leading public research organisations. The satellite has already been delivered to ETRI and is now in South Korea awaiting launch…
24 November 2025 – MEASAT Global Berhad (“MEASAT”) – Malaysia’s premier spacetech solutions provider, is continuing its space science and technology awareness drive, in a new collaboration with Apadilangit Space Academy, Malaysia’s leading space and tech education provider. This year, MEASAT is teaming up with the Apadilangit Space Academy to kick off the Malaysia Space…
24 November 2025 – Space Communication Technologies (SCT), Oman’s national satellite operator, has awarded a contract to Airbus Defence and Space for OmanSat-1 a state-of-the-art fully reconfigurable high throughput OneSat telecommunications satellite and associated system. SCT is the lead centre for Oman’s National Satellite Programme, building satellite communications infrastructure to create capabilities to serve both…