SupremeSAT (Pvt) Ltd. is a Sri Lankan satellite operator. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Supreme Global holdings. It's had a partnership with satellite manufacturer China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) since 2013. The company is controversial for its ties with the Rajapaksa family of Sri Lanka. SupremeSAT deployed the first Sri Lankan satellite, Supreme SAT-I on November 12, 2012, launched on Long March 3B from Xichang, China. Supreme SAT-I is jointly owned by China's CGWIC and Supreme Global Holdings. SupremeSAT became the 27th private company in the world to own a satellite.

Satellite fleet

Controversies

There are numerous allegations that the funding came from the Sri Lankan government and the funds were mishandled. President

Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa (; ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the sixth President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015; the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005, 2018, and 2019 to 2022; the ...

's son Rohitha Rajapaksa played a key role in the project and is believed to have business links. SupremeSAT denies these allegations

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