AsiaSat
| Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Company Limited |
| founding | February 1988 |
| Seat |
 Hong Kong
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| Number of employees | 154 (2008) |
| sales | HK $ 1,032 million (2008) |
| Branch | telecommunications |
| Website | asiasat.com |
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (commonly known as AsiaSat ) is a commercial communications satellite operator .
AsiaSat was founded in February 1988 and is headquartered in Hong Kong with the two main shareholders CITIC and General Electric (since April 2007). The company's shares have been traded on the Hong Kong and American Stock Exchanges since 1996, with shares being withdrawn from the US Stock Exchange in 2008. In 2019 there was also a withdrawal from the Hong Kong stock exchange.
The company's satellites supply around 50 countries in Asia and the Pacific with more than 300 radio and television channels (including Luxe TV and DW-TV ) and telecommunications services such as broadband internet and the like. The ground stations are in Tai Po and Stanley . AsiaSat is a wholly owned subsidiary of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited, based in Bermuda, which is traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In 2009 a joint venture with Echostar was announced.
Satellite fleet
| Surname | Manufacturer | begin | Launcher | position | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AsiaSat 1 | Hughes (on behalf of Western Union) | April 7, 1990 | CZ-3 | Started as Westar 6 on the space shuttle mission STS-41-B , stranded in orbit and was recaptured with STS-51-A in November 1984 and sold to AsiaSat. The satellite was launched again on April 7, 1990 with a Chinese Long March 3 . It is based on the HS376 satellite bus . | |
| AsiaSat 2 | Lockheed Martin Astro Space | November 28, 1995 | CZ-2E | 100.5 ° E | Carries 24 C-band and 9 Ku-band transponders . It is based on the AS 7000 satellite bus from Lockheed Martin Astro Space. |
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AsiaSat 3 (meanwhile HGS 1 , now PAS 22 ) |
Hughes | December 24, 1997 | Proton-K / Blok-DM3 | 60 ° W | Unintentional lunar mission as the satellite failed to enter geostationary orbit. It was abandoned, but later brought into geostationary earth orbit by special orbital maneuvers (which also took it twice around the moon). The satellite carries 28 C-band and 16 Ku-band transponders and is now owned by PanAmSat . |
| AsiaSat 3S | Boeing Satellite Systems | March 21, 1999 | Proton-K / Blok-DM3 | (Out of service) | It is the replacement for AsiaSat 1 and is based on the Boeing 601HP satellite bus with 28 C-band and 16 Ku-band transponders. |
| AsiaSat 4 | Boeing Satellite Systems | April 12, 2003 | Atlas-3B-SEC | 122.2 ° E | It is based on the Boeing 601HP satellite bus and is equipped with 28 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders. |
| AsiaSat 5 | Space Systems / Loral | July 11, 2009 | Proton-M / Bris-M | 100.5 ° E | It is intended to supplement AsiaSat 2 or replace it from 2011 and is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus . He carries 26 C-band and 14 Ku-band transponders. The planned service life is 15 years. |
| AsiaSat 6 | Space Systems / Loral | September 7, 2014 | Falcon 9 | 120 ° E | It is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus and has 28 C-band transponders. The planned service life is 15 years. |
| AsiaSat 7 | Space Systems / Loral | November 25, 2011 | Proton-M / Bris-M | 105.5 ° E | replaces AsiaSat 3S |
| AsiaSat 8 | Space Systems / Loral | 5th August 2014 | Falcon 9 | It has 24 Ku-band transponders. The planned service life is 15 years. | |
| AsiaSat 9 | Space Systems / Loral | 28th September 2017 | Proton-M / Bris-M | planned: 122.2 ° E | Should replace AsiaSat 4 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Asiasat Financial Report 2008 ( Memento of July 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.0 MB)
- ↑ AsiaSat shareholders accept privatization offer . Spacenews, August 23, 2019.
- ^ AsiaSat history (at AsiaSat in English) ( Memento from March 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Gunter Krebs: AsiaSat 6. In: Gunter's Space Page. November 11, 2011, accessed November 22, 2011 .