Asia Pacific Space Community Council
2 January 2024 – Eutelsat experienced a temporary, 48-hour outage on its OneWeb Low Orbit service, commencing on 31stDecember 2024. The root cause was identified as a software issue within the ground segment. Eutelsat was fully mobilized and worked with the vendor to restore full service, while maintaining a constant dialogue with affected customers. The…
30 December 2024 – Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced today that the Company has secured over $18 million in orders for IFC solutions. These orders are mainly for Gilat SkyEdge platforms, related services and SSPAs. The equipment and services are scheduled for delivery within the…
20 December 2024 – KT SAT and Thaicom conducted IT volunteer activities at a child care center located in Lat Phrao, Thailand, over two days on December 18 and 19. The activities were carried out in partnership with Thaicom, a local satellite business operator, and with support from the KT Group Hope Sharing Foundation and…
19 December 2024 – SES announced today that ASTRA 1P, the company’s most advanced satellite positioned at 19.2 degrees East, has completed comprehensive testing and is now fully operational. Following its successful in-orbit raising and performance testing, ASTRA 1P will now start serving public and private broadcasters, sports organisations and content owners, achieving another milestone…
18 December 2024 – Viasat announced that it has completed the divestiture of its Energy Services System Integration (SI) business to US-based private investment firm MAG Capital Partners. No further transaction details were announced. SI, which was included in Viasat’s acquisition of RigNet in 2021, provides engineering design, procurement services, shop assembly, factory acceptance testing,…
18 December 2024 – Astroscale Japan Inc., a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, has announced that it will transition to Phase II of the development for its ISSA-J1 (In-situ Space Situational Awareness-Japan 1) mission. This milestone marks significant progress toward imaging and…
17 December 2024 – Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Eutelsat to build the extension of its OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. Under the contract signed between the two companies, Airbus will build the first batches of the extension, totalling 100 satellites, with delivery targeted from the end of 2026,…
17 December 2024 – SES announced that its latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites was successfully launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, at 5:26 pm local time. Both satellites will join the first six O3b mPOWER spacecraft already in operation at medium Earth orbit…
11 December 2024 – Maxar Intelligence and Satellogic, Inc. have announced a tasking, data licensing and distribution agreement (the “Agreement”) that enhances Maxar’s ability to deliver monitoring and change detection insights in near real-time for the U.S. government and the government’s partners around the world. Specifically, the Agreement grants Maxar exclusive rights to task Satellogic’s…
11 December 2024 – The Peruvian Air Force (PAF) is using SES’s high-throughput geostationary orbit (GEO) satellite solution to improve connectivity for its Air Force bases and enhance operations all over the country, SES announced today. Under the agreement, SES is providing a turnkey solution which includes delivery and installation of communications hardware, as well…