Asia Pacific Space Community Council
19 February 2025 – Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company announced it is providing remote connectivity at hundreds of remote solar energy sites in Brazil. With decades of experience providing GEO, BGAN, and most recently, LEO services for SCADA and fleet monitoring applications, Hughes is using that experience to deploy a unique mobile connectivity solution…
19 February 2025 – SES announced that O3b mPOWER, its second-generation medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite system, was deployed to a Viasat Energy Services’ customer operating an offshore vessel in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. This collaboration represents Viasat Energy’s first adoption of MEO satellite technology in APAC and their inaugural implementation of O3b mPOWER services…
18 February 2025 – Astroscale UK is making strides in in-orbit servicing technologies as it takes on a pivotal role in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Capture Bay for Active Debris Removal (CAT) for In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) mission, part of ESA’s Space Safety Programme. This project represents a significant milestone in addressing orbital debris and…
17 February 2025 – SES announced today a new agreement to deliver and manage video content for ATP Tour events around the world using Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) and its unique Sports Content Orchestration Enabler (SES SCORE) platform enabled by SES’s hybrid IP, fiber and satellite distribution network. With more than 200,000 hours of live…
13 February 2025 – Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced the launch of the Company’s new multipath radio (“MPR”) platform. As the first-ever terrestrial high data rate over-the-horizon integrated radio of its kind, MPR will empower first responders, warfighters, and commercial operators with new high data rate communications capabilities on a single antenna agnostic platform. Built on…
13 February 2025 – Eutelsat Group and Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Telecommunications Solutions and Services (ATSS) have renewed their satellite capacity agreement on the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite reinforcing the long-standing collaboration between the two companies. The contract signing took place during the LEAP event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ATSS is a leader in satellite…
11 February 2025 – Astroscale Ltd., the UK subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, has successfully completed the Mid-Term Review of the current development phase for the UK Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission with the UK Space Agency. Through COSMIC, Astroscale’s flagship UK…
10 February 2025 – Airbus has been awarded the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Oberon contract to design and build two Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites with day-and-night, all-weather, space-based ‘Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance’ (ISR) capability. The two Oberon satellites will boast active, ultra-high resolution SAR, providing freedom of action to the UK MOD and…
10 February 2025 – Space Norway, Northern Europe’s leading satellite operator, and Thales Alenia Space announced they have signed a contract for the supply of a new communications satellite, THOR 8. From its orbital slot at 1° west, the THOR 8 communications satellite will meet the growing demand for connectivity and ensure continuity of Space…
6 February 2025 – Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with NIBE Space (a subsidiary of NIBE Limited) concerning the supply of a high-resolution optical satellite, marking the first step in NIBE’s Earth Observation constellation project. This initial contract aims to establish the first operational Earth observation’s capabilities for NIBE in India by 2025.…