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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Communications satellite |
| Founded | 1988[1] |
| Headquarters |
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| Brands | AsiaSat |
| Revenue |  HK$1.354 billion[2]: 62 (2017) |
| HK$642 million[2]: 62 (2017) | |
 HK$397 million[2]: 62 (2017) | |
| Total assets | HK$7.401 billion[2]: 63 (2017) |
| Total equity | HK$3.353 billion[2]: 63 (2017) |
| Owner | CITIC –Carlyle consortium (74.43%) |
| Parent | Bowenvale |
| Website | https://www.asiasat.com/ |
| Footnotes / references inconsolidated financial statement[2] | |
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-ownedCITIC Limited and private equity fundThe Carlyle Group L.P. indirectly. It had a market capitalisation ofHK$2 billion on 30 November 2018.[3] It was ared chip company of the stock exchange.[3] 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 The listing of the company's shares was withdrawn from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on 5 September 2019.[4]
In September 2017, AsiaSat 9, AsiaSat's latest satellite built bySpace Systems/Loral[5] was successfully launched and replacedAsiaSat 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.
As of 31 December 2017[update], the direct parent company, Bowenvale Limited, owned 74.43% shares; Bowenvale was jointly owned byCITIC Limited andThe Carlyle Group LP in a 50–50 ratio.[2]: 54 Standard Life Aberdeen plc was the second largest shareholder for 5.36%.[2]: 54 In May 2018, the ratio owned by Standard Life Aberdeen had decreased to 4.99%.[6] In November 2018, another private equity firm International Value Advisers owned 6.12% shares of AsiaSat.[7]
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.[4]
This is a list of satellites owned and operated by AsiaSat.
| Satellite | Launch Date (UTC) | Rocket | Launch Site | Contractor | Longitude | Status | Notes | Ref. |
| AsiaSat 1 | 7 Apr 1990 |  Long March 3 | Xichang, LC-3 | CASC | Decommissioned | Launched asWestar 6 on Space Shuttle missionSTS-41B, became stranded in orbit, was retrieved by Space Shuttle missionSTS-51A in November 1984, sold to AsiaSat. | ||
| AsiaSat 2 | 28 Nov 1995 | Long March 2E | Xichang, LC-2 | CASC | 100.5° East | Decommissioned | ||
| AsiaSat 3 | 24 Dec 1997 |  Proton-K /DM-2M |  Baikonur,Site 81/23 |  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 | Proton-K /DM-2M | Baikonur,Site 81/23 | ILS | 147.5° East | Decommissioned | Replaced AsiaSat 1 on 8 May 1999 and was replaced by AsiaSat 7 | [8] |
| AsiaSat 4 | 12 Apr 2003 | Atlas IIIB | Cape Canaveral,LC-36B | ILS | Relocated to a designated orbital position in November 2017 | In Service | [9] | |
| AsiaSat 5 | 11 Aug 2009 | Proton-M /Briz-M | Baikonur,Site 200/39 | Khrunichev | 100.5° East | In Service | A replacement satellite for AsiaSat 2 | [10] |
| AsiaSat 6 /Thaicom 7 | 7 Sep 2014 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | Cape Canaveral,SLC-40 | SpaceX | 120° East | In Service | [11] | |
| AsiaSat 7 | 25 Nov 2011 | Proton-M /Briz-M | Baikonur,Site 200/39 | Khrunichev | 105.5° East | In Service | Replaced AsiaSat 3S at the orbital location of 105.5° East. | [12] |
| AsiaSat 8 | 5 Aug 2014 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | Cape Canaveral,SLC-40 | SpaceX | 4° West | In Service | AsiaSat satellite with multiple Ku beams. | [13] |
| AsiaSat 9 | 28 Sep 2017 | Proton-M /Briz-M | Baikonur,Site 200/39 | Khrunichev | 122° East | In Service | Replaced AsiaSat 4 at 122° East. | [14] |
