Asia Pacific Space Community Council
22 September 2025 – Kazakhtelecom will distribute Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite internet service in Kazakhstan. Bagdat Mussin, CEO of the Kazakhtelecom, and the Head of Project Kuiper Worldwide Consumer, Lisa Scalpone signed the agreement today in New York, during the visit of the President of Kazakhstan to the United Nations General Assembly. The agreement will…
19 September 2025 – Maxar Intelligence, the leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, today announced a partnership with Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) to deploy the Maxar Raptor software suite across Taiwan’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry, helping the country accelerate the resilience and reliability of autonomous systems in GPS- and GNSS-denied environments.…
18 September 2025 – Viasat, Inc. announced that it is developing a new space-based encryption solution to support data security for U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC). Under this multi-year development award, Viasat’s encryption team within its Defense and Advanced Technologies segment will build a next-generation cryptography solution for satellite applications allowing the…
17 September 2025 – The Space Data Association (SDA) has awarded the multinational technology company GMV, a provider of space solutions and services, the contract to develop our next generation safety of flight system, the Space Safety Portal (SSP) to support today’s mission critical space operations. Building upon the strong foundation established over more than…
15 September 2025 – SES announced today it will test new optical ground stations built by France-based Cailabs to send data from space using laser beams instead of radio waves. By using optical communication, SES expects to be able to boost data transmission speeds, provide more secure links, and help alleviate congestion in increasingly crowded…
15 September 2025 – Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company, and Viasat announced they intend to form Equatys, a jointly held entity, to enable global Direct-to-Device (D2D) services and evolving existing and planned Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) to a 5G network environment. Equatys is expected to unite satellite and terrestrial networks leveraging a 3GPP Non-Terrestrial…
12 September 2025 – Eutelsat and SoFast, the global leader in the creation, playout, and monetisation of FAST and linear channels, have partnered to distribute the channel Baywatch TV, subtitled in Arabic. The iconic channel, based on the cult Baywatch series, will be available to audiences across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) from…
11 September 2025 – SES announced today the expansion of its partnership with Telekom Srbija, adding two additional transponders and extending its capacity agreements through 2032. Telekom Srbija will use the added capacity to consolidate its m:Sat TV platform at the 23.5 degrees East orbital position to grow its direct-to-home (DTH) television base across Serbia,…
10 September 2025 – Comtech, a global communications technology leader, today announced the company’s market-leading software defined SLM-5650B became the first sovereign-certified modem to receive Government Terminal Certification (“GTC”) to operate on SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (“MEO”) O3b mPOWER satellite constellation. Operating on the high-throughput low-latency O3b mPOWER system, Comtech’s SLM-5650B will provide critical hybrid…
9 September 2025 – Neo Space Group (NSG), a PIF company and Saudi Arabia’s leading commercial space services provider, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Display Interactive (DI), a recognized innovator in wireless in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC). The acquisition will strengthen NSG’s position in the aviation market as…