Asia Pacific Space Community Council
11 November 2025 – Neo Space Group (NSG), a PIF company and Saudi Arabia’s leading commercial space services provider, and Thai Airways (THAI) today announced that NSG Skywaves® – the Group’s advanced in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution will be line-fit on all of THAI’s new fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, positioning the two companies at…
4 November 2025 – On November 4, 2025 at 6:02 p.m. local time in Kourou, French Guiana (9:02 p.m. UTC, 10:02 p.m. CET), Ariane 6 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport carrying the Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite. With this third commercial flight, Ariane 6, the European heavy-lift launcher operated by Arianespace, successfully placed Sentinel-1D into Sun-synchronous orbit…
4 November 2025 – The Copernicus Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite, built by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space was successfully launched by Arianespace with an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s spaceport, in French Guiana. Sentinel-1D is part of Copernicus, the Earth Observation component of the European Union’s Space Programme. This program is managed by the European…
3 November 2025 – SES will soon provide more satellite capacity over Japan and across Asia for commercial airline customers following an agreement for the full Ku-band capacity of the geostationary communications satellite Superbird-C2, owned by SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation. The Superbird-C2 satellite will be repositioned from its current orbital location at 144 degrees East…
3 November 2025 – ST Engineering iDirect, a leader in satellite communications, today announced its continued partnership with Verizon Frontline to enhance its emergency response capabilities through a significant infrastructure upgrade. Verizon is upgrading its network to ST Engineering iDirect’s Intuition infrastructure, featuring DCR/DBR, a virtualized, cloud-native hub architecture. This modernization reduces Verizon’s physical footprint…
30 October 2025 – SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Green Carbon Inc. are pleased to announce the signing of a Capital and Business Alliance Agreement. Through this partnership, the two companies will leverage their respective strengths to foster collaboration, accelerate growth in the carbon credit domain, and contribute to addressing global sustainability challenges. Since 2024,…
29 October 2025 – KT SAT, Korea’s leading satellite communications operator, and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT), Japan’s premier satellite services provider, announced that they signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop and test the 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) technologies, and prepare for future commercialization of GEO-based 5G NTN services. Through…
28 October 2025 – ST Engineering iDirect announced its AI-powered network analytics platform proof of concept that enables operators to anticipate and resolve network issues before they escalate. This underscores how real-time insights, predictive analytics, and anomaly detection are reshaping satellite network operations. ST Engineering iDirect’s platform leverages both historical and real-time data – such…
27 October 2025 – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading technology company in the defense, national security, and global markets, today announced the formation of a strategic partnership with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), a major Korean defense organization to advance Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) technologies and capabilities. The collaboration builds on Kratos’ deep experience…
24 October 2025 – The secure communications satellite SpainSat NG II has successfully been launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The SPAINSAT NG system will ensure secure communications for the Spanish Armed Forces and allied countries for decades to come. SPAINSAT NG, a program led, owned and operated by Hisdesat…