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The Asia cap raise — who got funded, and who wrote the cheque

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Oct 7, 2026

The Asia cap raise — who got funded, and who wrote the cheque

A new series on who's raising money in Asian space — and who's writing the cheques.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw
Singapore built a space agency to cement its maritime hub status and better plan its city

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Sep 30, 2026

Singapore built a space agency to cement its maritime hub status and better plan its city

Asked in Parliament what its new space agency is actually for, Singapore's answer named two things: urban planning and port operations. I went looking for the space budget in a S$37 billion research plan to understand why. What I found was a country buying orbit to run an island.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw
Asia Is Second in Space Deals. Southeast Asia’s Next Step Is Private Capital.

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Oct 14, 2026

Asia Is Second in Space Deals. Southeast Asia’s Next Step Is Private Capital.

Asia did 212 deals in the year to June 2026. Europe did 136. North America still took most of the money—and in Southeast Asia, the cheques are still mostly government.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw

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Singapore built a space agency to cement its maritime hub status and better plan its city

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Sep 30, 2026

Singapore built a space agency to cement its maritime hub status and better plan its city

Asked in Parliament what its new space agency is actually for, Singapore's answer named two things: urban planning and port operations. I went looking for the space budget in a S$37 billion research plan to understand why. What I found was a country buying orbit to run an island.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw
Your satellite saw the fire. The radio couldn't carry it to you.

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Sep 23, 2026

Your satellite saw the fire. The radio couldn't carry it to you.

A modern radar satellite makes 2 to 5 terabytes a day. The radio can't carry it, so most of it is deleted before anyone sees it.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw

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Four People Just Broke a 56-Year Record. Most of Asia Didn't Notice.

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May 17, 2026

Four People Just Broke a 56-Year Record. Most of Asia Didn't Notice.

Artemis II just looped the Moon — and what Asia is quietly choosing.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw

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Asia Is Second in Space Deals. Southeast Asia’s Next Step Is Private Capital.

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Oct 14, 2026

Asia Is Second in Space Deals. Southeast Asia’s Next Step Is Private Capital.

Asia did 212 deals in the year to June 2026. Europe did 136. North America still took most of the money—and in Southeast Asia, the cheques are still mostly government.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw
The Asia cap raise — who got funded, and who wrote the cheque

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Oct 7, 2026

The Asia cap raise — who got funded, and who wrote the cheque

A new series on who's raising money in Asian space — and who's writing the cheques.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw
Singapore built a space agency to cement its maritime hub status and better plan its city

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Sep 30, 2026

Singapore built a space agency to cement its maritime hub status and better plan its city

Asked in Parliament what its new space agency is actually for, Singapore's answer named two things: urban planning and port operations. I went looking for the space budget in a S$37 billion research plan to understand why. What I found was a country buying orbit to run an island.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw
Your satellite saw the fire. The radio couldn't carry it to you.

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Sep 23, 2026

Your satellite saw the fire. The radio couldn't carry it to you.

A modern radar satellite makes 2 to 5 terabytes a day. The radio can't carry it, so most of it is deleted before anyone sees it.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw
Asia's space story usually means China, India, Japan. Kazakhstan owns the launch site the space age started from.

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Sep 16, 2026

Asia's space story usually means China, India, Japan. Kazakhstan owns the launch site the space age started from.

Kazakhstan owns the world's largest spaceport and leases most of it to Russia until 2050. Its space regulator now sits inside a Ministry of Artificial Intelligence. And the licensing route for a private space company has been open since 2016 — this month, a small team in Almaty used it.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw
China's new Five-Year Plan promotes space to a pillar industry — and backs it with a first-ever law.

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Sep 10, 2026

China's new Five-Year Plan promotes space to a pillar industry — and backs it with a first-ever law.

Every five years, China writes a national to-do list. The newest one adds "space" to its list of pillar industries — and, for the first time, backs that list with a law. Here's what changed, how China actually turns a plan into money, and where Asia shows up.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw
Southeast Asia's most powerful satellite is Indonesian — and it's wiring up 30,000 village schools and clinics.

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Sep 2, 2026

Southeast Asia's most powerful satellite is Indonesian — and it's wiring up 30,000 village schools and clinics.

Indonesia couldn't lay cable across 17,000 islands. So it launched a 150 Gbps satellite, aimed it at the places the internet forgot — and then made a very un-flashy call that tells you where space money actually goes.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw
A company in Thailand is rewriting Southeast Asia's path to orbit.

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Aug 26, 2026

A company in Thailand is rewriting Southeast Asia's path to orbit.

A hybrid fuel that ships as ordinary cargo, already proven in flight over a Malaysian palm-oil estate, and a government now behind them. Inside Equatorial Space — and the launch-pad setback that never touched the rocket.

Shirley Saw
Shirley Saw
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