China Satellite Communications

China Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. known as China Satcom is a Chinese aerospace company that provides services via satellites. The company was a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

China Satellite Communications operated the brand ChinaSat. APT Satellite Holdings, a listed company that was jointly controlled by China Satellite Communications and China Great Wall Industry Corporation (another subsidiary of CASC), operated satellites under the brand Apstar.

Before re-incorporated as a limited company, the company was known as China Satellite Communications Corporation.

History

China Satellite Communications Corporation was formed sometime in 2000 by the merger of several satellite companies of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications

In 2009, China Satellite Communications Corporation, a state-owned enterprise that was supervised by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council directly, was dismantled and distributed to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and China Telecommunications Corporation respectively. However, it also acquired Sino Satellite Communications from CASC as a subsidiary.

In 2017, China Satellite Communications was re-incorporated again as a "company limited by shares", a function analog to public limited company.

Subsidiaries

As of 31 December 2016

• APT Satellite International (42.86%)
  • APT Satellite Holdings (51.77%)
• China Satellite Communications (Hong Kong) (100%)
• Sino Satellite Communications

former

• China Satcom Guomai Communications (now known as Besttone Holding)

References

External links

• Official website

1. Communications satellite
2. Sino Satellite Communications
3. Chinasat
4. Tiantong (Satellite)
5. ChinaSat 12
6. APT Satellite Holdings
7. Nigerian Communications Satellite
8. ChinaSat 10
9. ChinaSat 9
10. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
11. Starlink
12. Satellite
13. Military satellite
14. China Telecommunications Corporation
15. Quantum Experiments at Space Scale
16. Satellite constellation
17. SpaceX Starshield
18. Inter-satellite service
19. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 satellite communications
20. Satellite phone