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Satellites

Companies & Markets

Amazon expects Kuiper to serve five countries by early 2026

Starlink, operated by Musk’s SpaceX, provides internet services via a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites and is used in remote areas and conflict zones globally.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Elon Musk’s Starlink back online after brief service outage

(FILES) This illustration photograph taken on October 30, 2023, in Mulhouse, eastern France, shows figurines next to a screen displaying a logo of Google, a US multinational technology company. A US judge on September 2, 2025 rejected the government's demand that Google sell its Chrome web browser as part of a major antitrust case, but imposed sweeping requirements to restore competition in online search. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)
Telcos, Media & Tech

Google to obey South Korean order to blur satellite images on maps

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Amazon Project Kuiper lifts off to launch the first production satellite in Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 28, 2025.
Technology

Amazon launches first Starlink-rival internet satellites

Starlink has been waiting since 2022 for licenses to operate commercially in India, with no clear timeline yet on a decision.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Musk’s Starlink and India’s Reliance sign surprise satellite Internet deal

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong says that Singapore can be a key hub of ideas, innovation and impact for the global space economy.
Singapore

Singapore launches regional satellite technology plan, invests another S$60 million in space sector

The TeLEOS-1 system is the first Singapore-made commercial earth observation satellite.
Sustainable Finance

Space could be the next frontier for growth-hungry South-east Asia

Satellites operating at such low altitudes transmit data extremely efficiently, providing high-speed Internet for remote communities, seafaring vessels and militaries at war.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Musk’s Starlink races with Chinese rivals to dominate satellite internet

A Long March 8A rocket, carrying a group of low-Earth orbit satellites, takes off for its maiden flight from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, China February 11, 2025. cnsphoto via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT.
Telcos, Media & Tech

China launches new rocket crucial to challenging Musk’s Starlink

Climate change results in more wildfires encroaching on human-inhabited areas.
International

Slew of satellite projects aims to head off future wildfires

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