Kacific Broadband Satellites Group, founded in 2013, is a satellite operator providing high-speed broadband internet services to underserved regions in Asia and the Pacific. As a next-generation satellite operator, Kacific utilizes Ka-band technology to deliver affordable and reliable connectivity to governments, businesses, and communities. Its first satellite, Kacific1, launched in 2019, and they partner with local operators, such as PAKSAT and SUPARCO, to expand their reach, connecting over 500,000 users across 25 countries. Kacific's customers include government agencies, ISPs and telcos.
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JCSAT-18 shares a spacecraft bus with Kacific-1, a high-throughput payload from Singaporean startup Kacific.
Kacific has partnered with fleet operator ABS to use ABS’s teleport in the Philippines.
Kacific-1 will provide coverage to all of the Philippines as part of its Pacific-region coverage.
ABS’s teleport in Subic Bay will support Kacific-1, a Ka-band payload that shares a spacecraft bus with Sky Perfect JSAT’s JCSAT-18.
Kacific’s Kacific-1 condosat is scheduled to launch in 2019.
Kacific-1 will launch late 2019 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Kacific selected Newtec’s Dialog hubs to support the ground segment for its upcoming Kacific-1 satellite.
Kacific-1 features 56 Ka-band spot beams for coverage of Southeast Asia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.
Newtec’s initial hub contract to support Kacific-1 is worth $10,000,000.
Kacific signed an $11,000,000 contract with Kratos Defense and Security Solutions in September to build satellite gateway ground stations.
Kacific has operated an interim connectivity service since 2017 using a network built on Ku-band coverage from other satellites.
Kacific-2 would potentially be a much larger asset that may require a standalone satellite bus instead of a shared platform like Kacific-1 and JCSAT-18.
Kacific plans a hiring spree to prepare for service across the Asia Pacific ahead of the launch of its first telecom satellite.
Kacific and Boeing finalized the Kacific-1 design with 56 beams after a coverage tweak in 2017, down from an originally announced 57 beams.
Kacific had approximately 20 employees and planned to grow to 40 to 45 employees by June to bolster sales, marketing, and technical staff for a network operations center in Singapore.
Kacific does not intend to place an order for a Kacific-2 satellite before the launch of Kacific-1 but is funding preparatory work for Kacific-2.
Customers that signed take-or-pay contracts for Kacific-1 capacity amount to a backlog worth $618,000,000.