Kacific to launch second comms satellite, Kacific2
Kacific, a a next-generation broadband satellite operator based in Singapore and catering to the Asia-Pacific market, has announced it is in the design and planning stage of a second satellite, Kacific2....
Indonesia’s $550m SATRIA satellite in focus
Indonesia is readying its Very High Throughput Satellite SATRIA for launch in 2023. The satellite will provide broadband internet service (to include free WiFi access) to more than 149,400 unserved public...
SpaceX launches Singapore’s Kacific1/Japan’s JCSAT-18
On Monday, December 16, at 7:10 p.m. EST, SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched JCSAT-18/Kacific1 from its launch site at Cape Canaveral, deploying the satellite approximately 33 minutes after liftoff.
The satellite, manufactured by...
ISRO successfully launches 31 satellites on PSLV-C38
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its 40th flight (PSLV-C38), has successfully launched the 712 kg Cartosat-2E satellite for earth observation and 30 co-passenger satellites together weighing about 243 kg at lift-off...
Space Data Association to use space debris data from High Earth Orbit cubesats
Today, Sydney-based startup High Earth Orbit Robotics (HEO) announced that the Space Data Association (SDA) has signed a Letter of Intent to use data gathered from HEO’s planned nanosatellites.
Under the agreement,...
China launches first Hongyan LEO comms satellite
Today, at 7:51 a.m. Beijing time, China successfully launched the first demonstration satellite of the proposed Hongyan Low Earth Orbit (LEO) communications constellation. The satellite was orbited using the Long March...
Space blockchain platform SpaceChain awarded funding by ESA
Last month, Singapore-headquartered space blockchain platform SpaceChain, which has a UK office, was awarded funding by ESA Business Applications and Space Solutions under the Kick-start Activity program.
SA’s Kick-start Activity Program is...
Astroscale’s ELSA-d satellite to launch via Glavkosmos in 2020
Astroscale, the space debris removal startup, has contracted with Glavkosmos/GK Launch Services to launch its pioneering ELSA-d (End of Life Services by Astroscale -demonstration) mission on a Soyuz-2 cluster mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome...
ISRO Contracts out Satellite Manufacturing to Private Consortium for its Navigation Constellation
In a move to liberalize the Indian space sector, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has tasked a consortium led by private defence equipment supplier Alpha Design Technologies to manufacture two...
Interview: CEO of SpaceChain on blockchain, shared constellations & crowdfunding for space missions
SpaceChain is a Singapore-headquartered organization developing a community-based space platform combining space and blockchain technologies. The initiative was founded by Jeff Garzik, who was one of the original Bitcoin developers, and...
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