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 The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is a main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has subsidiaries which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, and ground equ ...

(CASC). China Satellite Communications operated the brand

ChinaSat ChinaSat () is the brand name of communications satellites operated by China Satellite Communications. History In 2007, a joint venture China Direct Broadcast Satellite was formed to run the brand ChinaSat. It was a joint venture of state ...

. 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 . In 2009, China Satellite Communications Corporation, a

state-owned enterprise A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business entity created or owned by a national or local government, either through an executive order or legislation. SOEs aim to generate profit for the government, prevent private sector monopolies, provide goo ...

that was supervised by the

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) is a special commission of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 2003 through the consolidation of various other indus ...

directly, was dismantled and distributed to

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 A public limited company (legally abbreviated to PLC or plc) is a type of public company under United Kingdom company law, some Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth jurisdictions, and Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is a limited liability co ...

Subsidiaries

* 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, http://www.chinasatcom.com/ China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Aerospace companies of China Companies based in Beijing