founded 1988 headquarters hong kong website www.asiasat.com asia satellite telecommunications co. ltd. commonly asiasat sehk 1135 is a commercial operator of communication spacecraft . asiasat is based in hong kong with two major shareholders citic 34.8 per cent and carlyle asia partners iv l.p. 34.1 per cent . contents 1 history 2 launch history and future plans 3 references 4 external links history edit in december 2013 asiasat commissioned asiasat 9 to be built by space systems loral 1 originally intending it to be launched in early 2017 in order to replace asiasat4 at 122 degrees east . in early 2015 asiasat reported a nine percent revenue drop and a 27 percent drop in contracts pointing to a regional oversupply of satellite communication services in the asian regions it serves . 1 at that time asiasat had four commsats in operation and had recently launched two more asiasat 6 and asiasat8 which had added 22 percent additional bandwidth capacity into the shrinking market . although revenues were down just nine percent to hk 1365 billion 2014 profits declined by 25 percent over 2013 to hk 559 million . 1 launch history and future plans edit this is a list of asiasat satellites both launched and planned for future launch . asiasat satellites satellite launch date utc rocket launch site contractor longitude status notes ref . asiasat 1 7 april 1990 long march 3 xichang lc 3 casc decommissioned launched as westar 6 on space shuttle mission sts 41b became stranded in orbit was retrieved by space shuttle mission sts 51a in november 1984 sold to asiasat . asiasat 2 28 november 1995 long march 2e xichang lc 2 casc 100.5 east decommissioned asiasat 3 24 december 1997 proton k dm 2m baikonur site 81 23 ils 105.5 east intended 158 west 1998 62 west 1999 2002 decommissioned transferred to hughes global services asiasat 3s 21 march 1999 proton k dm 2m baikonur site 81 23 ils 105.5 east in service replaced asiasat 1 in may 1999 . 2 asiasat 4 12 april 2003 atlas iiib cape canaveral lc 36b ils 122 east in service 3 asiasat 5 11 august 2009 proton m briz m baikonur site 200 39 ils 100.5 east in service a replacement satellite for asiasat 2 4 asiasat 6 7 september 2014 falcon 9 v1 .1 cape canaveral slc 40 spacex 120 east in service 5 asiasat 7 25 november 2011 proton m briz m enhanced baikonur site 200 39 ils 105.5 east in service to replace asiasat 3s at the orbital location of 105.5 east in late 2014 . 6 asiasat 8 5 august 2014 falcon 9 v1 .1 cape canaveral slc 40 spacex 105.5 east in service asiasat satellite with multiple ku beams . 7 asiasat 9 early 2017 planned 122 east planned being built 2013 2015 to be launched in early 2017 . will replace asiasat 4 at 122 degrees east . references edit a b c de selding peter b. 2015 03 27 . asiasat results reflect troop withdrawals capacity glut . space news . retrieved 29 march 2015 . asiasat 3s . asiasat . retrieved 7 january 2014 . asiasat 4 . asiasat . retrieved 7 january 2014 . asiasat 5 . asiasat . retrieved 7 january 2014 . asiasat 6 . asiasat . retrieved 7 january 2014 . asiasat 7 . asiasat . retrieved 7 january 2014 . asiasat 8 . asiasat . retrieved 7 january 2014 . external links edit spaceflight portal asia satellite telecommunications co. ltd. asiasat 3s i m.ch asiasat 4 i m.ch v t e asiasat satellites asiasat 1 asiasat 2 asiasat 3 asiasat 3s asiasat 4 asiasat 5 asiasat 6 thaicom 7 asiasat 7 asiasat 8 asiasat 9 asiasat g future spacecraft in italics . 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 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