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News

Pale Blue raises $7.5 million to mass produce water vapor thrusters

Japanese small satellite thruster developer Pale Blue has raised $7.5 million to establish a mass production facility for its water vapor propulsion systems.

by Jason Rainbow October 5, 2023October 6, 2023

News

Thaicom picks Airbus to build Eutelsat-backed GEO satellite for Asia

by Jason Rainbow September 11, 2023September 11, 2023

China’s CASIC to begin launching VLEO satellites in December

by Andrew Jones July 24, 2023July 24, 2023

Policy & Politics

From Japan to the Philippines: US expands SSA cooperation with Asian countries

by Park Si-soo May 8, 2023May 8, 2023

Orienspace of China targets first launch in second half of the year

by Andrew Jones April 28, 2023April 28, 2023

South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket blasts off from a seaside launchpad.

South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket set to launch May 24

by Park Si-soo April 13, 2023April 13, 2023

An asteroid portrayed to be passing in front of the blue-green Earth and the moon.

Civil

China to target asteroid 2019 VL5 for 2025 planetary defense test

by Andrew Jones April 11, 2023April 12, 2023

Liftoff of a Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket from a TEL at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, on June 22 (UTC), 2022.

Chinese defense contractor to begin launching VLEO satellites

by Andrew Jones March 30, 2023September 22, 2023

A white rocket lifts off from a seaside launch site in Brazil.

South Korea’s Innospace succeeds in test launch

by Park Si-soo March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

Liftoff of CAS Space's first Lijian-1 solid rocket from the desert spaceport of Jiuquan on July 27, 2022.

Civil

China is developing a quantum communications satellite network

by Andrew Jones March 10, 2023March 10, 2023