APT Corporation

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The APT Satellite Control Center is an 84,981-square-foot facility located in Tai Po Industrial Estate in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Phase I of the Satellite Control Center was completed in 1994, with its main purpose to provide TT&C (Telemetry, Tracking and Control), communication traffic monitoring and customer technical support services for our initial fleet of satellites—namely APSTAR I, APSTAR 1A and APSTAR IIR. Phase II of the Satellite Control Center was completed in 2002. In the following years, with the subsequent addition of APSTAR V and APSTAR VI to our satellite fleet, the capacity of the Satellite Control Center has increased to accommodate our rapid expansion.

We now currently provide TT&C, communication traffic monitoring, customer technical support services. APT Satellite has proficient experience and expertise in the satellite communication industry, which gives us an edge in our management and operation. Complemented with our advanced ground facilities, we are thus able to efficiently provide our customers with 24x7x365 communication support services.

On-site Facilities:

The backbone of the operation of each satellite in our APSTAR fleet comprises of an on-site computer control system, IF equipment, an array of antennas, and RF equipment. Our premises boasts 10 sets of RF antennas—three 13M, one 5.5M, one 11M, one 6.1M and one 9M for C-band use; two 9M and one 8.1M for Ku-band use, as well as 10 sets of transmit and related equipment. Our 11M antenna is a full-motion, monopulse tracking antenna that is able to support and conduct transfer orbit tests.