SupremeSAT

SupremeSAT
SupremeSAT logo
Established October 25, 2011
Headquarters Colombo, Sri Lanka
Primary spaceport Xi-Chang, China
Budget US$ 20 million[1]
Website www.supremesat.com

SupremeSAT (Pvt) Ltd. is the first and only Sri Lankan satellite operator.[2] It has partnership with China's state owned satellite manufacturing institution China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC).

SupremeSAT deployed the first Sri Lankan satellite, Supreme SAT-I on November 27, 2012, launched on Long March 3B from Xichang, China. [3] Supreme SAT-I is jointly owned by China's CGWIC and SupremeSAT. SupremeSAT becomes the 27th private company in the world to own a satellite.[4]

SupremeSAT is planned to invest over US$320 million, and planning to launch Sri Lanka's first ever communications satellite. It will be called SupremeSAT-III. The SupremeSAT-III will be providing all types of telecommunications services to Sri Lanka.

SupremeSAT has laid foundation stone for the first 'Space Academy' at the Kandy BOI (Board of Investment). An investment of US$20 million on Space Academy, which is targeting to train Sri Lankans in space and satellite technology, will begin in 2013. Also, a satellite ground station is to be built in Kokkala area to oversee satellite operations.

Satellite fleet

SupremeSAT Satellites
SatelliteLocationLaunchedTypeNotes
SupremeSAT-I87.5°ENovember 27, 2012SB4000C2Manufacturer: Thales Alenia Space
SupremeSAT-II98°EPlanned mid 2018DFH-4Manufacturer: China Academy Of Space Technology (CAST). Satellite will have KU band.
SupremeSAT-III50°E?-Planned to shift the businesses from SupremeSAT-I & SupremeSAT-II to SupremeSAT-III.[5]

References

  1. ↑ dailynews.lk Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ SupremeSAT : About us
  3. ↑ "Sri Lanka University & World Campus News - Sri Lanka First Satellite Launched-SupremeSAT". lankauniversity-news.
  4. ↑ Lanka steps into space today with first satellite
  5. ↑ "Satellites - SupremeSAT".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.