Alba Orbital to host 1st Asian PocketQube Workshop
Alba Orbital, a Glasgow-based PocketQube satellite company, will be organizing the 1st Asian PocketQube Workshop in Singapore, on 5 November 2018.
The goal of this workshop is to offer a venue to foster collaboration...
Indian launch vehicle startup AgniKul selected for Airbus BizLab
AgniKul Cosmos, a Chennai-based startup aiming to develop its own small launch vehicles, has been selected as one of the 24 new startups to join Airbus’ accelerator BizLab. Through this programme,...
JAXA enters international launch rideshare market
Japan's space agency JAXA will enter the international launch rideshare market by providing small satellite launch opportunities aboard the Mitsubishi H-IIA launch vehicle, as well the upcoming H3 rocket. For this,...
mu Space Corp awarded license to operate satellite service
mu Space Corp has become Thailand’s first space technology startup to operate a satellite service after the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission awarded a license for the company, according to the...
mu Space corp obtains satellite spectrum capacity rights to serve 6 ASEAN countries
Satellite and space company mu Space will soon be offering satellite services to governments, telcos and businesses within and outside Thailand through the future development of a satellite operating at the...
Singapore-based Transcelestial raises US$1.8 million in seed funding
Transcelestial Technologies, a Singapore-based startup backed by Entrepreneur First, SGInnovate, and Sparklabs Global Ventures, has raised S$2.5 million (US$1.8 million) in seed funding to develop lasers for wireless ultra high bandwidth...
Rocket Lab launches 13 CubeSats for NASA
On Sunday, December 16, Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted off at 06:33 UTC (19:33 NZDT) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula. This was Rocket...
Hungary’s Space Activities (Part 2): The smallsat programme & PocketQube missions
In Part 1 of this 2-part interview series, SpaceTech Asia interviewed János Solymosi, Founder & Director for Aerospace & Defense at BHE Bonn Hungary Electronics (BHE), on the traditional space industry...
Japan-based ispace raises additional $1.8m in Series A, totaling $94.5m
ispace, a Japan-based private lunar exploration company, announced earlier this month that it has raised US$1.8 million from Tohoku University Venture Partners Co., Ltd (THVP).
This funding comes in addition to the...
Australian govt awards AU$1.235m defence contract to Saber Astronautics
Australia’s Department of Defence has awarded space engineering company Saber Astronautics a Phase II Defence Innovation Hub contract to advance the capability in detecting degraded electronic signals, according to the company's...