Asia Pacific Space Community Council
11 December 2024 – Astroscale Japan Inc., a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. has announced that its commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite, Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J), successfully approached a large piece of space debris – a rocket upper stage – to approximately 15 meters. This is the closest approach ever achieved by a…
10 December 2024 – ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has released and is testing a new technology that enables tracking and switching between Geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) and Non-Geosynchronous Earth orbit (NGSO) satellites. An industry-first for seamless transitions between orbits, the breakthrough technology features a single tracking algorithm that provides operators…
6 December 2024 – Thaicom Public Company Limited announced that on 5 December 2024, its 100% own subsidiary IPSTAR (India) Private Limited (IPSTAR India) has obtained an authorization to provide satellite services over THAICOM satellites in India from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center, or IN-SPACe, an autonomous nodal agency under Department of…
5 December 2024 – On December 5, the European Space Agency (ESA) Proba-3 mission was successfully launched from the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. The mission consists of two satellites, the Coronographer and the Occulter, which will fly at a distance of 150 meters. The main aim is…
5 December 2024 – On December 5, 2024 (Kourou time), Vega C successfully placed on a Sun-synchronous orbit Sentinel-1C, a Copernicus satellite for the European Commission within the scope of a contract signed with the European Space Agency (ESA). This mission will provide crucial environmental data about our planet, while also carrying out Arianespace’s commitment…
4 December 2024 – SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Crypto Garage, Inc. have reached a basic agreement to co-create web3 business and services targeting the creator economy market. For nearly 30 years, SKY Perfect JSAT has operated Japan’s largest Multi-channel Pay TV broadcasting platform, “SKY PerfecTV!”, and the on-demand video streaming platform, “SPOOX ,” offering…
3 December 2024 – Neo Space Group (NSG), a Public Investment Fund-owned company and Saudi Arabia’s leading commercial space services provider, has announced today that the company has entered into a definitive agreement with Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus) to acquire its UP42 business, a next-generation earth observation digital platform, subject to the satisfaction of…
27 November 2024 – Thales Alenia Space is pleased to unveil the Carb-Chaser project. This innovative program is based on a constellation of new-generation satellites specially designed to detect and measure human-induced carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, in particular from industrial sites. Carb-Chaser’s compact architecture will combine efficiency and cost control to meet the needs of…
26 November 2024 – Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) has introduced SatPack, a breakthrough communications solution designed for rapid deployment in the most challenging environments across the Asia-Pacific. Building on the success of the award-winning CommsBox and recently released CommsBox Ultra, Kacific reaffirms its leadership in satellite innovation with a solution that combines affordability, portability,…
25 November 2024 – SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation has launched the “Universal NTN Innovation Lab” (“NTN Lab”), an environment equipped for technical testing of Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) within its Yokohama Satellite Control Center (YSCC) as of November 1st, 2024. The NTN Lab will serve as a testing hub for the realization of the “Universal NTN”,…