AsiaSat

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (commonly AsiaSat, SEHK: 1135) is a commercial operator of communication spacecraft. AsiaSat is based in Hong Kong with two major shareholders, CITIC (34.8 per cent) and General Electric (34.1 per cent).

Launch history

This is a list of AsiaSat satellites (Both launched & planned).

AsiaSat satellites

Satellite	Launch Date (UTC)	Rocket	Launch Site	Contractor	Longitude	Status	Notes	Ref.
AsiaSat 1	4 July 1990					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 November 1995	Long March 2E	Taiyuan LC-2	CASC	100.5° East	Decommissioned
AsiaSat 3	15 May 2010				105.5° East (intended) 158° West (1998) 62° West (1999-2002)	In Service	Transferred to Hughes Global Services
AsiaSat 3S	21 March 1999	Proton-K / DM-2M	Baikonur Site 81/23	ILS	105.5° East	In Service	Replaced AsiaSat 1 in May 1999.	[1]
AsiaSat 4	12 April 2003	Atlas IIIB	Cape Canaveral LC-36B	ILS	122° East	In Service		[2]
AsiaSat 5	11 August 2009	Proton-M / Briz-M	Baikonur Site 200/39	ILS	100.5° East	In Service	A replacement satellite for AsiaSat 2	[3]
AsiaSat 6	2014 (Planned)	Falcon 9 v1.1	Cape Canaveral SLC-40	SpaceX	120° East	Planned		[4]
AsiaSat 7	25 November 2011	Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced	Baikonur Site 200/39	ILS	105.5° East	In Service	To replace AsiaSat 3S at the orbital location of 105.5° East in late 2014.	[5]
AsiaSat 8	2014 (Planned)	Falcon 9 v1.1	Cape Canaveral SLC-40	SpaceX	105.5° East	Planned	AsiaSat satellite with multiple Ku beams.	[6]
AsiaSat 9	2016 (Planned)					Planned	In December 2013, AsiaSat has also commissioned AsiaSat 9, expected to be launched in 2016.	[7]
AsiaSat G						Planned

References

External links

• Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd.