| China Satellite Communications | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Industry: | Aerospace |
| Former Name: | China Satellite Communications Corporation |
| Services: | satellite communications |
| Owner: | Chinese Government (via CASC) (99.75%) |
| Parent: | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
| Website: | chinasatcom.com |
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 (CASC).
China Satellite Communications operated the brand ChinaSat. 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.
China Satellite Communications Corporation was formed sometime in 2000 by the merger of several satellite companies of the [1]
In 2009, China Satellite Communications Corporation, a state-owned enterprise that was supervised by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council directly, was dismantled and distributed to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and China Telecommunications Corporation respectively.[2] [3] 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.[4]