Japan’s Space BD announces partnerships with ISIS, Nanoracks
Space BD, a Japan-based space business development startup, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Dutch company Innovative Solutions In Space (ISIS), to be the distributor of ISIS'...
Australia’s Black Sky Aerospace to begin manufacturing Solid Rocket Motors (SRM)
Queensland-based Black Sky Aerospace has just been given the green light by regulators to begin the process towards the manufacture of Solid Rocket Motors (SRM). The company will be the first manufacturer...
Chinese startup Guoyao Tech working on electromagnetic propulsion for rockets
On September 20, Guangzhou-based company Guoyao Tech announced plans for a new launch system based on electromagnetic propulsion, with the aim of eventually replacing chemical rockets. The company's first step would...
Singapore-based SpaceChain partners with Arch Mission Foundation
Singapore-based SpaceChain Foundation, which is currently building the world's first open source satellite network to enable a next-generation infrastructure for blockchain industry, has just announced that it will be partnering with...
Infostellar partners with mission control software companies Bright Ascension, Spaceit
Japan-based firm Infostellar, whose new flagship product StellarStation connects antenna owners with satellite operators, has just entered into multiple partnership agreements with mission control software providers Bright Ascension and Spaceit.
The agreements...
Japan announces APAC regional business idea competition
Japan’s National Space Policy Secretariat (NSPS), which is part of the Cabinet Office, will be organizing a space business idea competition in 2019, open to individuals and entrepreneurs in Asia-Pacific (APAC),...
Australian startup Inovor Technologies wins US$1.7m defence contract
Australian Newspace startup Inovor Technologies, which provides a host of nanosatellite solutions, has won a defence contract worth AU$2.5m (US$1.7m).
Under the contract, Inovor will deliver a satellite bus from its existing...
SpaceChain, Addvalue & Alba Orbital jointly receive US$600k grant
SpaceChain UK (the UK office of Singapore-based SpaceChain), together with consortium partners Singapore's Addvalue Innovation and Glasgow-based Alba Orbital, has received GBP440k (about US$600k) in funding by EUREKA GlobalStars-Singapore. Along with...
Interview: Spire Global
Spire Global is a prominent NewSpace company with offices in San Francisco, Boulder, Glasgow and Singapore. The company develops its own CubeSats, which it uses to collect data that it monetises.
Founded...
SAS & Globalsat to provide the Americas with connectivity via nanosatellites
Australia-based nanosatellite telecommunications developer Sky and Space Global (SAS) has just announced the completion of its commercial testing programme with Globalsat, a Pan-American Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) consortium.
Following this, the two...