Asia Pacific Space Community Council
December 16, 2022 – Customers of Vodafone Cook Islands, the leading telecommunications services provider in the Cook Islands, will be able to experience 4G+ networks and high-performance internet connectivity across the outer islands due to a new O3b mPOWER agreement signed with SES. O3b mPOWER is SES’s second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) system which sets…
December 15, 2022 – Astroscale Japan Inc., a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Yusen Logistics, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Kids Station Inc., supporting Astroscale’s space debris removal demonstration satellite, Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J). The…
December 14, 2022 – Intellian Technologies, Inc., the leading global technology and solutions provider for satellite communications has announced the development of the new FB500 terminal, designed for Inmarsat’s market leading Fleet Xpress (FX) solutions which combines Ka-band with ELERA L-band FleetBroadband (FB) service. Available this year, the FB500 terminal from Intellian is the most…
December 14, 2022 – Microsoft Corp. and Viasat announced a new partnership to help deliver internet access to 10 million people around the globe, including 5 million across Africa. Viasat, a global communications company, is the first satellite partner to work with Microsoft’s Airband Initiative, and together they will deepen Airband’s work in the Democratic…
December 13, 2022 – Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) announced that OneWeb has ordered 10,000 Hughes LEO Terminals to enable networking services for enterprise and government customers. Engineered and manufactured by Hughes, the terminals (model number HL1100) include the Hughes electronically steered antenna and compact indoor and outdoor equipment necessary to activate high-speed, low latency…
December 13, 2022 – On Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 at 05:30 pm local time, an Ariane 5 launcher, operated by Arianespace, successfully lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America), carrying the MTG-I1 meteorological satellite and the Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36 telecommunication satellites. The Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) system will help…
December 8, 2022 – Marlink, the smart network solutions company, and SES have responded to booming energy sector demand by providing an additional one gigabyte of SES’s O3b satellite bandwidth capacity to Marlink customers. The service now available to Marlink’s energy sector customers makes it possible for them to digitalise rig operations, connect crew with…
December 8, 2022 – OneWeb today confirmed the successful deployment of 40 satellites launched by SpaceX, from the Kennedy Space Center. This launch is OneWeb’s 15th to date and the second since resuming its campaign with a successful launch from India in October, putting the company on track to deliver global coverage in 2023. With…
December 7, 2022 – Astroscale Japan Inc. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have started concept co-creation activities for a satellite refueling service, under the JAXA Space Innovation through Partnership and Co-creation (J-SPARC). The aim is to explore concepts for a fuel delivery service for one year, toward the realization of space sustainability. The…
December 5, 2022 – INTEGRASYS Group continues with its worldwide expansion with a particular focus on the United States, as the main target market for the software company. After its first facility in Washington back in 2016, the company decides to extend its business in the country with two more facilities in Tampa (Florida), and…