Satellites
Satellites can spot Malaysia’s water leaks, but can they fix them?
Digital tools can buy time, but without major pipe renewal, Malaysia will keep losing water faster than it can save it
Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centres
TECH firms are floating the idea of building data centres in space and tapping into the sun’s energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race.
Amazon expects Kuiper to serve five countries by early 2026
The company has said that it expects to begin service by late 2025, though it has not specified which markets will receive coverage or precisely when
Elon Musk’s Starlink back online after brief service outage
Thousands of users in the US were affected by the outage
Google to obey South Korean order to blur satellite images on maps
This paves the way for the US tech giant to compete better with local navigation platforms
Amazon launches first Starlink-rival internet satellites
[WASHINGTON] Amazon on Monday launched its first batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites, marking the start of its push to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Musk’s Starlink and India’s Reliance sign surprise satellite Internet deal
The deal follows a similar partnership announcement between Starlink and India’s No 2 telecom player Bharti Airtel a day before
Singapore launches regional satellite technology plan, invests another S$60 million in space sector
The Republic will also work more closely with Europe and India’s space agencies
Space could be the next frontier for growth-hungry South-east Asia
Increased use of Earth observation data – to track deforestation and floods, for example – could add US$100 billion to the region’s GDP
Musk’s Starlink races with Chinese rivals to dominate satellite internet
Starlink currently has about 7,000 satellites, according to McDowell, and has set itself a target of operating 42,000 by the end of the decade
