https://spacewatch.global/tag/association-of-south-east-asian-nations-asean/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 29 May 2020 05:00:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/association-of-south-east-asian-nations-asean/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/space-tech-companies-compete-in-hadr-challenge-to-decrease-regional-flood-risks/ Fri, 29 May 2020 05:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22983 Singapore Space and Technology Limited (SSTL) announced on 27 May 2020 its collaboration with the World Bank Group for the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Challenge. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/spacewatchgl-feature-southeast-asian-space-programmes-capabilities-challenges-and-collaborations/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13008 By Nandini Sarma - In many parts of the world, space technology is being used to improve people’s lives. Apart from their uses for everyday services like weather forecasting, long-distance communications, and GPS systems, the manifold applications of space technology assist in many other ways. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/thailands-thaicom-wins-asean-corporate-governance-award-for-second-time/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 06:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11594 Thaicom Public Company Limited, led by Prasert Bunsumpun, Chairman of the Board of Directors, received the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) Corporate Governance Awards for the Top 50 ASEAN publicly listed companies category for the second consecutive time.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/space-silk-road-china-and-myanmar-create-joint-satellite-laboratory/ Mon, 26 Nov 2018 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11537 China and Myanmar held their first science and technology cooperation meeting in Yangon, where they established a joint radar and satellite communications laboratory as part of the nascent China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, a part of the Chinese-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/sultanate-of-brunei-to-host-indian-satellite-tracking-and-telemetry-station/ Fri, 14 Sep 2018 05:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10404 The Indian government cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been briefed about a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam covering space cooperation and the establishment of a telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) station in the Southeast Asian country for orbiting satellites and launch vehicles.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/myanmar-signs-intelsat-nationwide-satellite-telecommunications-infrastructure-solutions/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 05:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8879 Intelsat will provide satellite communications support to Myanmar to bolster the Southeast Asian country’s telecommunications infrastructure and increase its mobile telephone network capacity.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/india-calls-rules-based-order-space-india-pacific-region-bolsters-space-cooperation-se-asia/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 05:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8884 India has solidified its space cooperation relationships in Southeast Asia, and called for rules-based order throughout the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) – to include space – during visits to Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this past week.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/thailands-mu-space-appoints-new-executives-part-asean-market-expansion-strategy/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 05:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8869 Thai New Space satellite communications company mu Space has announced the appointment of new executives in key positions to significantly expand its business into new markets.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/05/thailands-thaicom-wins-philippines-ipstar-satellite-broadband-contract/ Tue, 08 May 2018 05:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8633 Thaicom, Thailand’s biggest commercial satellite communications provider, and We Are IT Philippines Incorporated (WIT), announced in Manila on 3 May 2018 that WIT will lease the entire capacity on Thaicom’s IPSTAR satellite to provide broadband Internet coverage across the Philippines.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/malaysia-seeking-satellites-japan-according-japanese-diplomat/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 05:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8426 In another sign of growing Japanese strategic influence in Southeast Asia, a senior Japanese official has revealed that Malaysia is seeking satellite and other strategic technologies from the Japanese government and industry.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/thailands-thaicom-expands-footprint-canal-broadcast-myanmar/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7935 Thaicom Public Company Limited, one of Asia’s leading satellite and digital platform operators, announced that it has signed a multiyear contract with CANAL+ Overseas Myanmar, a CANAL+ subsidiary in charge of broadcasting internatio]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/chinese-counterspace-return-great-power-geopolitics-implications-suggested-strategic-responses-india/ Sun, 18 Mar 2018 08:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7821 How should India approach Chinese efforts to develop antisatellite (ASAT) weapons and its ambition to establish space superiority? In a talk given to the Observer Research Foundation’s Space Security conference in New Delhi on 16 February, 2018, ThorGroup’s Dr. John B. Sheldon offers a few suggestions. For those who have just emerged from living under a […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/thailands-thaicom-expands-reach-launch-ship-broadband-service-platform/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7710 Seeking to bolster disappointing revenue outcomes last year, Thaicom officially launched its Nava digital maritime service platform for ship and offshore operators. Announced this week, Nava provides broadband satellite services for ship operators. Headquartered in Thailand, Thaicom Public Company Limited is one of Asia’s leading satellite and digital platform operators Thaicom aims to bring the […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/02/japans-asean-space-diplomacy-brunei-next/ Mon, 19 Feb 2018 06:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7489 China’s Space Silk Road, an offshoot of its much-vaunted Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has captured the attention of the space sector’s trade media over the past few years, but while China’s ambitions are certainly newsworthy, another Northeast Asian country is quietly building a scientific, technical, and diplomatic space community across Southeast Asia. That country […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/02/uk-space-agency-assist-asean-countries-monitor-environmental-public-health-threats/ Mon, 12 Feb 2018 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7454 The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has announced a programme that will use Earth observation satellites and imagery data to assist members states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) deal with public health threats such as Dengue Fever, and environmental and resource management problems such as monitoring forest fires and surveillance for illegal […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/01/india-establishing-satellite-tracking-station-vietnam/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7294 Following a visit to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi by his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 24, 2018, India and Vietnam have agreed to go ahead with the establishment of an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) satellite tracking and satellite imagery receiving station to be located in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/01/cambodia-signs-china-great-wall-industry-corp-belt-road-communications-satellite/ Mon, 15 Jan 2018 05:30:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7136 Cambodia has signed a framework agreement with China Great Wall Industry Corporation for the acquisition of a communications satellite, along with its associated ground infrastructure and launch. The satellite agreement was one of nineteen agreements made between Cambodian and Chinese officials during a bilateral trade meeting on January 11, 2018, aimed at increasing trade between […]]]>