17 June 2019
China Satellite Communications Company Limited - better known as ChinaSat - is by far the largest satellite operator in China. As the primary operator in what has been an effectively closed, monopolistic Chinese satcom market, ChinaSat can have a tendency to fly under the radar in the west, though this has started to change. With new satellites being launched in late 2019 and into the early 2020s, and with an increasing amount of capacity outside of China, ChinaSat is likely to start having a bigger impact on international markets in the coming years, for several reasons.
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