Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Opens New Satellite Factory to the World

Hong Kong is nothing if not an economic powerhouse. The city of roughly 8 million people has a well-earned reputation as the international financial center of the Asia-Pacific region, and even though places like Shanghai and Singapore are giving it a run for its money, Hong Kong is still a dynamic and diverse economy with vast finance, real estate, trade, and tourism industries, among others. One industry that does not, however, come to mind when thinking of Hong Kong is space. With very limited (and expensive) land, and limited advanced manufacturing, Hong Kong’s space sector is historically pretty tiny: The closest thing Hong Kong has had to a space sector is the few satellite operators with HQs in the city.