SKY Perfect JSAT & Challenergy to power ground stations using wind energy
Japan-based satellite operator SKY Perfect JSAT (SJC) has teamed up with startup Challenergy to deliver satellite communications to remote and mountainous areas, powered by wind energy.
The formal commercial partnership was established...
Dubai Future Foundation to offer US$540,000 worth of international research grants
Following on SpaceTech Asia’s latest feature article, Space Startups and Funding, we’re happy to share that the Dubai Future Foundation has just launched the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Space Challenge, which...
Vivian Quenet Appointed as Arianespace’s New Managing Director in Singapore
In taking up the position at Arianespace Singapore Pte Ltd, Quenet will be in charge of the development and consolidation of Arianespace’s commercial and government relations across the region, with a...
Australian Satellite Comms Company Myriota to invest $2.72 million in IoT Lab
Myriota’s investment of $1.36 million, which will be matched by a grant from the South Australian State Government’s Future Jobs Fund, will allow the company to integrate its ultra-low-cost satellite IoT...
India, Oman Sign MoU on Peaceful Use of Space
During Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Oman earlier this week, a number of MoUs were signed between the two countries, one of which was in the field of peaceful use...
China launches 2 more BeiDou-3 satellites
On 12 February 2018, at 1.03 p.m. Beijing time (GMT +8), China launched a pair of BeiDou-3 satellites that will add to China’s BeiDou-3 navigation constellation. These will be China’s 28th...
US Air Force Research Lab and Saber Astronautics sign space ops contract
According to a Saber Astronautics press release, the US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate has awarded space engineering company Saber Astronautics a contract to develop new capabilities for...
e-GEOS to supply Australian Maritime Safety Authority with satellite data for oil spills
On 7 February e-GEOS, a joint venture of Telespazio (a partnership between Thales and Leonard) and the Italian Space Agency, announced that it has won a contract to supply geo-information services...
India’s Department of Space Minister Jitendra Singh explains causes of PSLV-C39 failure
Yesterday on 8 February 2017, Dr. Jitendra Singh, India’s Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office, Department of Space, replied to a written question about the causes of the PSLV C-39...
LAPAN aims for experimental microsatellite constellation by 2020
Indonesia’s space agency LAPAN is planning to operate an experimental microsatellite constellation by 2020, said Head of LAPAN Prof. Dr Thomas Djamaluddin. The announcement was made at the Global Space and...
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