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SSTL: Space Tech Companies Worldwide Compete in International Challenge to Improve Flood Risks in the Region

NewsBy pixelysg May 29, 2020 Leave a comment

Financial Times, 29 May 2020 SINGAPORE, May 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Singapore Space and Technology Limited (SSTL) is pleased to announce its collaboration with the World Bank Group for the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Challenge. This challenge supports the Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF), which has developed a regional catastrophe risk pool for flood risks developed by and for Cambodia, Lao…

What happens to developing nations, in the space race?

NewsBy Yvonne Lin May 5, 2020 Leave a comment

Part 1 Part 2 Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of UNOOSA (United Nations Office Outer Space Affairs)as she explains the UN’s role in outer space. Since 1959, the UN’s helped keep the peace, on Earth, by keeping space borderless. But today, the world order – in space – is changing fast, as every major nation’s economy…

Singapore is leading Southeast Asia’s space tech industry: Q&A with SSTA president Jonathan Hung

NewsBy pixelysg February 18, 2020 Leave a comment

KrAsia, 18 Feb 2020 Space tech in focuses more on terrestrial technology rather than outer space exploration. By Khamila MuliaFeb 18 When we talk about outer space exploration, Singapore may not come to mind at first. Unlike the US, China, or Russia, Southeast Asian countries don’t seem too ambitious about flying their people to the…

Startups in Southeast Asia eye space as next frontier for expansion

NewsBy pixelysg February 11, 2020 Leave a comment

Nikkei Asian Review, 11 Feb 2020 Singapore-based startup SpaceChain has a grand vision for blockchain, with plans to take the digital ledger technology beyond this world and into space. Blockchain, a decentralized means for storing and recording digital transactions which is best known for underpinning the use of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, has quickly been embraced…

The Singapore space tech industry should be a commercially driven initiative: SSTL Executive Chairman

NewsBy Yvonne Lin February 10, 2020 Leave a comment

e27, 10 Feb 2020 Historically, space tech has always been a government-backed initiative. But what the future needs is something different Anisa Menur A. Maulani 10 Feb, 2020 Last week, there were exciting moves in the Singapore space tech industry with the incorporation of Singapore Space Tech Limited (SSTL) and its partnership with the strategic investment…

企发局与业界推“太空加速计划” 张志贤：助新创公司涉足亚太市场

NewsBy Yvonne Lin February 7, 2020 Leave a comment

LianHe ZaoBao, 7 Feb 2020 新加坡企业发展局与本地公司合作推动“太空加速计划”，协助新创公司涉足亚太市场。国务资政兼国家安全统筹部长张志贤昨天（2月6日）在环球太空与科技大会上致辞时指出，新加坡企业发展局与本地公司Singapore Space and Technology Limited合作推动的“太空加速计划”，将协助新创公司进入其他市场和获得资金，同时获得国际专家支持。张志贤说，电脑科技日新月异，商业模式也日趋创新。这不仅使太空科技和上太空更容易，成本也越来越低，同时为较小的国家如新加坡创造更多空间。小国可透过研究与开发或设计政策来推动行业增长，商家也能搭上这股风潮，推出太空相关服务。新加坡太空与科技协会也将与新加坡土地管理局、推广全球导航卫星系统的国际机构Multi-GNSS Asia，携手举办今年的全球导航卫星系统区域论坛，推动相关应用和计划。来自全球公司、政府机构、新创公司的逾700人和超过30个参展商出席在新加坡君悦酒店举办的这场两天研讨会。 Link to article

Hungary signs space MoU with Singapore’s SSTA

NewsBy Yvonne Lin February 7, 2020

Space Tech Asia, 7 Feb 2020 Hungary signs space MoU with Singapore’s SSTA By Deyana Goh – February 7, 2020 On 6 February, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Singapore Space & Technology Association (SSTA) to cooperate on space activities. The signing took place…

Singapore’s defence investment arm partners with SSTL for Project Cyclotron

NewsBy Yvonne Lin February 7, 2020 Leave a comment

Space Tech Asia, 10 Feb 2020 Singapore’s defence investment arm partners with SSTL for Project Cyclotron By Deyana Goh, February 11, 2020 Cap Vista, the strategic investment arm of Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), and Singapore Space and Technology Limited (SSTL), which focuses on developing the space ecosystem in Asia, have jointly launched…

Easier access to space for smaller nations like Singapore: Teo Chee Hean

NewsBy Yvonne Lin February 6, 2020 Leave a comment

The Straits Times, 7 Feb 2020 Space tech and access to space getting cheaper with advancements in processesLester Wong There is more space today for smaller countries like Singapore to seize new opportunities among the stars, said Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday. This is because space technology and access to space are getting cheaper…

Singapore incorporates space tech organisation, launches accelerator with DSTA’s investment arm

NewsBy Yvonne Lin February 6, 2020 Leave a comment

e27, 6 Feb 2020 Singapore incorporates space tech organisation, launches accelerator with DSTA’s investment armThe programme will provide regional space and deep tech startups with insights, skillsets, and resources to become commercially viable Shagun Karki, 06 Feb, 2020 At this year’s Global Space and Technology Convention (GSTC) in Singapore, Singapore Space Tech Limited formally announced…