Asia Pacific Space Community Council
30 July 2024 – United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the company’s 100th national security mission to orbit with the launch of an Atlas V rocket on July 30 at 6:45 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket, carrying the USSF-51 mission for the United States Space Force’s…
30 July 2024 – Astroscale Japan Inc. announced that its commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite, Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J), has achieved an unprecedented technical milestone for a commercial company: the controlled fly-around operations of the space debris — a rocket upper stage — capturing images from various angles and lighting conditions while maintaining…
29 July 2024 – Teledyne Space Imaging is pleased to announce that it is collaborating with Starris Optimax Space Systems in Ontario, New York, to develop space cameras for the small satellites and lunar ecosystems. Teledyne Space Imaging has a long heritage of developing space-qualified imaging sensors, focal plane arrays, and instrument systems for the…
25 July 2024 – Marlink, the leading managed services provider of business-critical ICT solutions, has announced two major upgrades for long-term customer Shelf Drilling. The first upgrade involves implementing a software-defined network management (SD-WAN) solution across Shelf Drilling’s fleet of 36 jack-up rigs. The second upgrade includes installing the high bandwidth, low latency Starlink solution…
25 July 2024 – LOT Polish Airlines, Poland’s flag carrier, and Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, today announced officially that 15 aircraft across LOT’s wide-body Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 Dreamliner fleets will be equipped with Viasat’s trusted Ka-band, global in-flight connectivity solution. LOT will offer inflight Wi-Fi for the first…
24 July 2024 – SES’s wholly-owned subsidiary SES Space & Defense has been awarded the pilot effort to provide the U.S. Army with Satellite Communications (SATCOM) as a Managed Service (SaaMS) under a $3.6 million ceiling blanket purchase agreement (BPA). This initiative will streamline commercially leased SATCOM network services to be flexible and tailored to…
23 July 2024 – Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced today that the Company was awarded over $9M in cumulative orders from multiple satellite operators to expand their global SATCOM networks utilizing Gilat’s innovative and field-proven solutions. Gilat’s solutions will be used to enable a wide…
18 July 2024 – Ateme announces that SES is integrating its innovative technology to further elevate and secure SES’s distribution network for broadcasting of sports and events content worldwide. Building on a long-standing relationship between the companies, SES will utilize Ateme’s TITAN encoders, multiplexers, and decoders for distribution of Ultra-High and High-Definition content via its…
17 July 2024 – Cobham Satcom has unveiled its most advanced maritime satellite TV antenna yet. Designed primarily for use on cruise ships and mega yachts, the 3.7 meter Sea Tel 370s TV is a groundbreaking solution designed to expand onboard access to the highest quality programming anywhere in the world, while significantly reducing lifetime…
16 July 2024 – SES and RTL Deutschland have extended their long-term partnership to deliver a wide range of high-quality TV channels to audiences across Germany and Austria. The extension will run to the end of the decade. RTL Deutschland’s TV offering will also continue to be available on HD+, SES’s high-definition satellite TV platform…