AsiaSat

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Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) is a Hong Kong–based commercial operator of communications satellites founded in 1988. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited (AsiaSat Holdings), which is incorporated in Bermuda.

AsiaSat Holdings is jointly owned by Chinese state-owned CITIC Limited and private equity fund The Carlyle Group L.P. indirectly. It had a market capitalisation of HK$2 billion on 30 November 2018.[1] It was a red chip company of the stock exchange.[1] On 23 August 2019, the take private proposal scheme was approved by AsiaSat Holdings' public shareholders, followed by the approval of the Bermuda Court on 3 September 2019, whereupon The company became a private wholly owned subsidiary of Bowenvale Limited, a joint venture of CITIC and Carlyle. The listing of the company's shares was withdrawn from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on 5 September 2019.[2]

History

In September 2017, AsiaSat 9, AsiaSat's latest satellite built by Space Systems/Loral[3] was successfully launched and replaced AsiaSat 4 at 122° East.

AsiaSat owns and operates seven satellites, including AsiaSat 3S, AsiaSat 4, AsiaSat 5, AsiaSat 6, AsiaSat 7, AsiaSat 8 and the new AsiaSat 9.

Shareholders

since 31 December 2017Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the direct parent company, Bowenvale Limited, owned 74.43% shares; Bowenvale was jointly owned by CITIC Limited and The Carlyle Group LP in a 50–50 ratio.[4]Template:Rp Standard Life Aberdeen plc was the second largest shareholder for 5.36%.[4]Template:Rp In May 2018, the ratio owned by Standard Life Aberdeen had decreased to 4.99%.[5] In November 2018, another private equity firm International Value Advisers owned 6.12% shares of AsiaSat.[6]

On 3 September 2019, following the approval of the privatisation plan by public shareholders, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited became a privately wholly owned subsidiary of Bowenvale Limited, which is now jointly owned by CITIC Group Corporation and Carlyle Asia Partners IV, L.P.[2]

Launch history and future plans

This is a list of satellites owned and operated by AsiaSat.

AsiaSat satellites
Satellite Launch Date
(UTC) 		Rocket Launch Site Contractor Longitude Status Notes Ref.
AsiaSat 1 7 Apr 1990 Template:Flagicon Long March 3 Template:Flagicon Xichang, LC-3 Template:Flagicon CASC Decommissioned Launched as Westar 6 on Space Shuttle mission STS-41B, became stranded in orbit, was retrieved by Space Shuttle mission STS-51A in November 1984, sold to AsiaSat.
AsiaSat 2 28 Nov 1995 Template:Flagicon Long March 2E Template:Flagicon Xichang, LC-2 Template:Flagicon CASC 100.5° East Decommissioned
AsiaSat 3 24 Dec 1997 Template:Flagicon Proton-K / DM-2M Template:Flagicon Baikonur, Site 81/23 Template:Flagicon ILS 105.5° East (intended)
158° West (1998–1999)
62° West (1999–2002) 		Decommissioned Transferred to Hughes Global Services (HGS)
AsiaSat 3S 21 Mar 1999 Template:Flagicon Proton-K / DM-2M Template:Flagicon Baikonur, Site 81/23 Template:Flagicon ILS 147.5° East Decommissioned Replaced AsiaSat 1 on 8 May 1999 and was replaced by AsiaSat 7 [7]
AsiaSat 4 12 Apr 2003 Template:Flagicon Atlas IIIB Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral, LC-36B Template:Flagicon ILS Relocated to a designated orbital position in November 2017 In Service [8]
AsiaSat 5 11 Aug 2009 Template:Flagicon Proton-M / Briz-M Template:Flagicon Baikonur, Site 200/39 Template:Flagicon Khrunichev 100.5° East In Service A replacement satellite for AsiaSat 2 [9]
AsiaSat 6 / Thaicom 7 7 Sep 2014 Template:Flagicon Falcon 9 v1.1 Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral, SLC-40 Template:Flagicon SpaceX 120° East In Service [10]
AsiaSat 7 25 Nov 2011 Template:Flagicon Proton-M / Briz-M Template:Flagicon Baikonur, Site 200/39 Template:Flagicon Khrunichev 105.5° East In Service Replaced AsiaSat 3S at the orbital location of 105.5° East. [11]
AsiaSat 8 5 Aug 2014 Template:Flagicon Falcon 9 v1.1 Template:Flagicon Cape Canaveral, SLC-40 Template:Flagicon SpaceX 105.5° East In Service AsiaSat satellite with multiple Ku beams. [12]
AsiaSat 9 28 Sep 2017 Template:Flagicon Proton-M / Briz-M Template:Flagicon Baikonur, Site 200/39 Template:Flagicon Khrunichev 122° East In Service Replaced AsiaSat 4 at 122° East. [13]

See also

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References

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External links

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