Singapore space industry nascent but progressing

Singapore space industry nascent but progressing
(ZDNet Asia) April 1, 2010, By Liau Yun Zing
Despite being in a fledgling phase, developments in the Singapore space industry have been "encouraging and progressive" in recent years, said the country's space association. The first locally built micro-satellite will launch later in the year. "Singapore's space industry is still in its nascent stages, particularly when compared with regional and global counterparts," said a spokesperson from the Singapore Space and Technology Association (SSTA) in an e-mail. However, the association feels developments in this area "have been encouraging and progressive in recent years". SSTA is a non-profit association focused on developing the space technology industry in Singapore. It works with partners from the commercial industry, government agencies, academia, and research and technological institutes. Among the recent developments, said SSTA, are the completion of a micro-satellite at the Centre for Research in Satellite Technologies (CREST), as well as an ongoing research study collaboration by the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) and Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI).

Singapore to have 1st locally-built satellite in space

Singapore to have 1st locally-built satellite in space

(Xinhua) March 29, 2010

Singapore will have its first self-made satellite sent to the space in the middle of this year, local media reported on Monday. According to local English newspaper the Straits Times, the X-Sat, a 120 kg micro-satellite about the size of a refrigerator, will be launched in June or July from India's Satish Dhawan Space Center in Andhra Pradesh, 100 km north of Chennai. The estimated cost of the satellite is about 40 million Singapore dollars (about 29 million U.S. dollars). The newspaper said that Singapore is believed to be the first Southeast Asian country that will have its own locally built satellite in space with the launch of the satellite.

Singapore To Be Catalyst For Space Industry In Asia

Singapore To Be Catalyst For Space Industry In Asia

(Singapore Government Monitor) January 28, 2010

Today, more than half of the global space industry’s revenues come from the purchases of commercial space products and services. In 2008, the Space Foundation estimated the global space industry to be worth US$257 billion and growing at an impressive Compounded Average Growth Rate (CAGR) of 8.4 per cent since 2006. In Asia, the space industry is poised to grow rapidly as many Asian nations set ambitious targets for their national space programs. Singapore can potentially contribute to the rapidly developing space industry in Asia in several ways.