Tag: Asia
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China Space Contractor Targets Space Tourism Within Five Years, State Media Say
China’s main space contractor has pledged to develop space tourism within the next five years, state media reported on Thursday, underscoring Beijing’s efforts to accelerate commercial spaceflight and deepen its technological competition with the United States. State-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said it aims to “achieve the flight operation of suborbital space…
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Telesat and MDA Sign MoUs With Hanwha Systems on Korea’s K-LEO Satellite Plans
Canadian space companies Telesat and MDA Space said on Monday they have signed separate memorandums of understanding with South Korea’s Hanwha Systems to explore cooperation related to Korea’s planned sovereign low-Earth orbit defense constellation, known as K-LEO. The announcements follow a collaboration agreement reached in November 2025 between the Canadian government and South Korea’s Defense…
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Japan Says Damage Caused Failure of H3 Rocket Launch, JAXA Reports
Japan’s space agency said damage sustained during flight caused last month’s failure of an H3 rocket launch, according to findings released as part of an ongoing investigation. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the No. 8 H3 rocket was damaged shortly after liftoff when the payload fairing — the cover protecting the satellite — separated.…
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China Completes First Emergency Operation in Human Spaceflight Program After Shenzhou 20 Return
China has concluded the first emergency operation in the history of its human spaceflight program after an uncrewed Shenzhou 20 return capsule landed safely in north China’s Inner Mongolia, authorities said on Monday. The capsule parachuted into the Dongfeng landing site on Jan. 19 after spending about 270 days in orbit, where it had remained…
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L3Harris Wins Contract to Supply Imaging Payload for South Korea’s Next Weather Satellite
L3Harris Technologies has secured a contract from South Korea’s defense firm LIG Nex1 to deliver the next-generation imaging payload for the Korea Meteorological Administration’s upcoming geostationary weather satellite, the companies said. The main payload aboard the Geostationary Earth Orbit Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-5 (GEO-KOMPSAT-5) will be the new 18-channel L3Harris GEO-KOMPSAT Meteorological Imager. The instrument includes…
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Space Investment Rebounds as Governments Treat Orbit as Strategic Infrastructure
The global space industry has entered a new phase driven less by exploration and more by budgets, balance sheets and national priorities, with private investment rebounding strongly as governments elevate space infrastructure to the level of strategic necessity. New data from Seraphim Space, reported by Reuters, shows that private investment in space technology reached a…
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China Launches Algeria Earth-Observation Satellite From Jiuquan
Galactic Energy carried out the first private space mission in China in 2026 on Friday, successfully launching its Ceres-1 carrier rocket from a sea-based platform and placing four commercial satellites into orbit, the company said. The solid-fuel rocket lifted off at 4:10 a.m. from a mobile launch platform in the Yellow Sea, off China’s eastern…
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China’s Reusable Long March-12B Rocket Completes Static Firing Test
China’s reusable Long March-12B rocket has successfully completed a static firing test, marking a key milestone ahead of its planned flight missions, its developer said on Friday. The test was conducted at the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China and involved a full-duration engine firing while the rocket remained anchored to the…
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Interstellar Technologies Raises $130 Million in Series F to Advance Japan’s Private Launch Capabilities
Interstellar Technologies said it has completed 20.1 billion yen ($129.7 million) in Series F financing, one of the largest fundraising rounds to date for a privately held space startup in Japan, as the company accelerates development of its orbital launch vehicle and satellite business. The round was completed through a third-party allotment of new shares…
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Spacecoin to Pilot Decentralized Satellite Internet in Africa and Southeast Asia
Space technology start-up Spacecoin said it has signed agreements to pilot satellite internet and connectivity services in four countries across Africa and Southeast Asia, as it seeks to advance a decentralized, blockchain-enabled satellite network aimed at underserved regions. The company said on Wednesday that pilot projects will be launched in Kenya, Nigeria, Indonesia and Cambodia.…