Asia Pacific Space Community Council
1 April 2025 – De Boer Marine, a service provider of maritime connectivity solutions, has signed a new multi-year connectivity service agreement with SES to enable ship operators to improve their digital capabilities and operation of their vessels. De Boer Marine will use SES’s high-speed, flexible and seamless global VSAT satellite connectivity, enabling scalable capacity…
1 April 2025 – ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has launched its Excelerator Partner Program, an initiative to recognize and reward outstanding partner performance while fostering deeper collaboration. The enhanced program replaces ST Engineering iDirect’s existing bePART program and is designed to help its partners accelerate time to market, expand opportunities…
29 March 2025 – Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Thales Alenia Space, the ExoMars industrial prime contractor, to build key systems for the ExoMars lander that will safely place the Rosalind Franklin rover on the surface of the Red Planet. After entry and descent through the Mars atmosphere and…
28 March 2025 – SES and SpeQtral signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop an interoperable Optical Ground Station (OGS) to establish long-distance satellite-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) between Asia and Europe. Under the agreement, the development of an interoperable OGS will enable SES and SpeQtral to connect both companies’ current and future QKD…
25 March 2025 – Viasat joined the European Space Agency’s Moonlight project (“Moonlight”), alongside program lead Telespazio. Moonlight is the European Space Agency’s (ESA) program to develop a lunar orbiting Navigation and Communication system that will greatly enhance combined navigation and communications services for European and international missions both on the surface of the Moon…
25 March 2025 – On April 29, 2025, Arianespace will launch Biomass, the European Space Agency’s Earth Explorer satellite with a Vega C rocket. The Biomass mission is designed to deliver crucial information about the state of our forests and how they are changing, and to further our knowledge of the role forests play in…
25 March 2025 – Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has agreed a deal with Anthony Veder to upgrade the leading gas shipping company’s entire fleet to Inmarsat NexusWave. Purpose built for the specialised transport of gases including petrochemical gases and liquefied natural gas (LNG) and easily identifiable by their ‘Coral’ prefix, Anthony Veder ships operate…
20 March 2025 – Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has signed an agreement with Solvang to equip the company’s fleet with Inmarsat’s NexusWave fully managed bonded connectivity service to support the leading gas shipping company’s evolving crew and business connectivity requirements. Solvang’s fleet, which includes six semi-refrigerated ethylene carriers, eight large gas carriers, and 13…
18 March 2025 – Eutelsat and Vestel are pleased to announce the commercial launch of the first Smart TV supporting the enhanced UX features of Sat.tv Connect, at DVB World 2025. Leveraging the DVB-I and HbbTV standards, the new range of innovative Smart TVs from Vestel provides an enhanced user experience, with dynamic installation of…
17 March 2025 – Sidus Space, an innovative, agile space mission enabler, today announced the successful launch, deployment and operation of LizzieSat™-3 into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) as part of the Transporter-13 rideshare mission with SpaceX, which launched March 14th, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. LizzieSat™-3 joins LizzieSat™-1 and 2, which have been…