https://spacewatch.global/tag/pacific-islands/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 18 Dec 2019 06:00:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/pacific-islands/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/kacific-1-communications-satellite-successfully-launched-by-spacex/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 06:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17896 Kacific1 was launched successfully into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7.10pm Eastern Standard Time  (UTC-5) on 16 December 2019 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/kacific-recognised-for-best-digital-inclusion-in-the-pacific/ Thu, 23 May 2019 05:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14244 Kacific has won the award for Best Digital Inclusion at the 2019 Pacific ICT Awards held by the Government of Vanuatu on 17 May.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/kacific1-moves-into-final-phase-of-construction/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 05:01:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13721 Following the successful completion of payload and bus integration, Boeing will begin antenna range testing and core testing of the Kacific1 satellite. The satellite is on track to begin service delivery later this year.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/tongan-government-signs-deal-with-kacific-for-remote-island-connectivity-and-fibre-back-up/ Thu, 18 Apr 2019 05:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13597 Kacific Broadband Satellites Group has signed a fifteen-year agreement with Tonga Satellite Limited, a Tongan government company, to provide high-speed broadband via satellite to the Pacific Island nation.]]>