Malaysia Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/malaysia/ Covering the business and politics of space Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:59:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Malaysia Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/malaysia/ 32 32 80681979 Malaysia and the Philippines sign Artemis Accords https://spacenews.com/malaysia-and-the-philippines-sign-artemis-accords/ https://spacenews.com/malaysia-and-the-philippines-sign-artemis-accords/#respond Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:58:56 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=557928 Artemis Accords signatories

Malaysia and the Philippines have signed the Artemis Accords, which outline norms of behavior for space exploration.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/malaysia-and-the-philippines-sign-artemis-accords/feed/ 0 557928 China resumes launches for Thousand Sails constellation, CAS Space launches new international payload https://spacenews.com/china-resumes-launches-for-thousand-sails-constellation-cas-space-launches-new-international-payload/ https://spacenews.com/china-resumes-launches-for-thousand-sails-constellation-cas-space-launches-new-international-payload/#respond Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:30:47 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=556875 A Long March 6A rocket lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China, producing a bright plume of exhaust against a clear sky, with four lightning towers surrounding the launch pad.

China conducted the first launch for the Thousand Sails constellation since March as the country continues its recent rapid rate of orbital launches.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/china-resumes-launches-for-thousand-sails-constellation-cas-space-launches-new-international-payload/feed/ 0 556875 China and Malaysia to study international equatorial spaceport project https://spacenews.com/china-and-malaysia-to-study-international-equatorial-spaceport-project/ https://spacenews.com/china-and-malaysia-to-study-international-equatorial-spaceport-project/#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:12:33 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=516640 A Long March 8 rocket lifts off from Hainan Commercial Launch Site at night, illuminating the surroundings with bright flames and thick clouds of smoke. The launch pad structure and lightning towers frame the ascending vehicle against the dark sky.

China is exploring establishing its first overseas launch site with a proposed equatorial spaceport in Malaysia, carrying strategic, economic, and geopolitical implications.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/china-and-malaysia-to-study-international-equatorial-spaceport-project/feed/ 0 516640 Chinese constellation operator Spacesail signs agreement with Measat of Malaysia https://spacenews.com/chinese-constellation-operator-spacesail-signs-agreement-with-measat-of-malaysia/ https://spacenews.com/chinese-constellation-operator-spacesail-signs-agreement-with-measat-of-malaysia/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:02:55 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=512678 A Long March 6A rocket climbs above the launch tower at Taiyuan amid plumes of exhaust and a blue sky backdrop.

HELSINKI — Chinese low Earth orbit megaconstellation operator Spacesail has signed an agreement with Measat to expand its presence into Southeast Asia. Chinese low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite operator Shanghai […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/chinese-constellation-operator-spacesail-signs-agreement-with-measat-of-malaysia/feed/ 0 512678 Malaysia outlines national space blueprint with focus on remote-sensing satellite development https://spacenews.com/malaysia-outlines-national-space-blueprint-with-focus-on-remote-sensing-satellite-development/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:54:15 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=122360

During a Dec. 13 parliamentary hearing, a deputy minister shared the latest update on the “Malaysia Space Exploration 2030” blueprint being fleshed out by Malaysia’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

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