In February 2025, a quiet but consequential signing ceremony took place in Kuala Lumpur. Executives from Shanghai Spacesail Technologies Co. Ltd., the firm behind China's Qianfan constellation, also known as SpaceSail, shook hands with Malaysia's MEASAT Global Berhad, one of Southeast Asia's most established satellite operators. The memorandum of understanding covered low-Earth orbit broadband services, direct-to-device communications, and satellite-based Internet of Things solutions.