Singapore’s NUS conducts suborbital graphene tests for space R&D

On 30 June 2018, the Centre for Advanced Two-Dimensional Materials (CA2DM) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) tested the properties of graphene in a space environment, in order to provide...

The world of small satellite launchers

The cost of making small satellites is coming down and hence there is an exploding demand for launching such satellites. There is also a move by small satellite players to cover...

SpaceX launches Indonesian communications satellite Merah Putih

Today, at 1:28 a.m. EDT, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the geostationary communications satellite Merah Putih, also known as Telkom-4, for Indonesia’s largest telecommunications service provider Telkom Indonesia. The satellite, built by SSL,...

NorthTelecom announces strategic partnership with KNS

Dubai-based satellite service provider NorthTelecom has announced a strategic partnership with KNS, a South Korean satellite antenna systems manufacturer. The partnership will leverage KNS’ marine antenna capabilities to boost NorthTelecom’s bid to...

KSAT forms a new small satellite business unit

Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), a Norway-based provider of spacecraft communications services, announced that it has created a new business unit fully dedicated to ground station services for the New Space sector,...

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...

Airbus signs agreement with Vietnam, shares details of Thailand’s THEOS-2

Airbus and Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) have recently signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) that allows them to work together on several areas of interest in the space...

RBC Signals signs agreement with Taiwan-based ODYSSEUS Space

RBC Signals, a 'Global Ground Station Network' that aggregates the unused capacity of existing satellite ground stations around the world, and ODYSSEUS Space today announced a collaboration to enhance RBC Signals’ global ground...

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...

Australia’s Fleet opens ground station, clears 1st satellites for launch

Last Friday, Australian nanosatellite IoT startup Fleet Space opened its nanosatellite first ground station, known as Mission Control South Australia. The ground station is located at Red Banks Reservoir, Pinkerton Plains, and...