communications company former type limited company industry aerospace fate merged into china dbsat founded may 1994 1 defunct january 2008 headquarters beijing people s republic of china area served mainland china products satellite communication website www.sinosatcom.com the sino satellite communications company or sinosat chinese was a chinese limited company which provided satellite communications through a pair of communications satellites in geostationary orbit . it ceased to exist in january 2008 when it merged with the china satellite communications corporation to form the china direct broadcast satellite company . 2 their two satellites were sinosat 1 and sinosat 3 . a third satellite sinosat 2 failed shortly after launch . contents 1 satellites 1.1 sinosat 1 1.2 sinosat 2 1.3 sinosat 3 1.4 sinosat 6 2 see also 3 references 4 external links satellites edit sinosat 1 edit sinosat 1 was built by a rospatiale using a spacebus 3000 satellite bus . it was launched by a long march 3b carrier rocket from the xichang satellite launch centre at 09 20 gmt on 18 july 1998 . it was placed into a geostationary orbit and is currently operating in a slot at 110.5 east of the greenwich meridian . 3 with the merger of sinosat into china dbsat it was redesignated chinasat 5b . sinosat 2 edit sinosat 2 was based on the dfh 4 bus . it was launched at 16 20 gmt on 28 october 2006 also using a long march 3b . after launch its solar panels and communications antenna failed to deploy making the satellite unusable . 4 sinosat 3 edit sinosat 3 is a dfh 3 satellite which was launched at 16 08 gmt on 31 may 2007 . a long march 3a rocket was used to place it into geosynchronous transfer orbit making the 100th flight of a long march rocket . it operates in geostationary orbit at 125 east . 5 with the merger of sinosat into china dbsat it was redesignated chinasat 5c . sinosat 6 edit launched in 2010 by a long march rocket see also edit chinasat list of long march launches references edit company profile . about us . sino satellite communications company ltd. retrieved 25 march 2009 . first chinese satellite conglomerate beams into operation . space daily . 2 january 2008 . retrieved 11 july 2010 . sinosat 1 . satellite systems . sino satellite communications company ltd. archived from the original on 11 december 2015 . retrieved 25 march 2009 . krebs gunter . sinosat 2 . gunter s space page . retrieved 25 march 2009 . sinosat 3 . satellite systems . sino satellite communications company ltd. archived from the original on 11 december 2015 . retrieved 25 march 2009 . external links edit sino satellite communications company v t e chinese spacecraft earth observation fengyun gaofen fsw haiyang jilin shiyan smms tansuo tianhui yaogan ziyuan communication and engineering dong fang hong fh 1 apmt asiasat chinasat chinastar hkstg sinosat lgsp tsinghua 1 olympicsat xiwang 1 data relay satellite system tianlian i tianlian i 01 tianlian i 02 tianlian i 03 tianlian ii positioning beidou 1 beidou 2 astronomical observation double star joint with esa dark matter particle explorer dampe hard x ray modulation telescope hxmt huanjing kuafu space solar telescope sst space variable objects monitor svom xuntian lunar and planetary exploration moon chinese lunar exploration program chang e 1 chang e 2 chang e 3 yutu chang e 5 t1 chang e 5 chang e 4 chang e 6 mars yinghuo 1 2020 chinese mars mission asteroid chang e 2 unknown shijian microsatellites fengniao xinyan future spacecraft in italics . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sino satellite communications company & oldid 739297789 categories communications satellite operatorscompanies of chinaintelsatcommunications satellites of chinahidden categories use dmy dates from november 2011articles containing chinese language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 21 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view