Space Academy & Satellite Ground station in Sri Lanka

The proposed Space Academy in Kandy

The foundation stone for the proposed “Space Academy” of SupremeSAT was laid at the Kandy BOI zone 14 August 2012 by visiting Vice Minister of Industries and Information Technology, People’s Republic of China, Chen Qiufa together with top Chinese executives.

The agreement to build the first satellite would be signed next October in China and President Rajapaksa, who initiated this move, is expected to witness this groundbreaking event. The plan is to launch the satellite from Beijing and place it over Sri Lanka by December 2015.

The uplinks to the satellite would be from Kandy. Meanwhile SupremeSAT (Pvt) Ltd. signed the joint investment agreement with China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) and Sino Satellite Communications Company Ltd for the setting up of Sri Lanka’s first ever Space Academy and Satellite Ground station in Sri Lanka within the Pallekele BOI Zone in Kandy.

Colombopage » Sri Lanka has entered into a partnership agreement with a private enterprise to launch its first ever communication satellite.

SupremeSAT (Pvt) Ltd. has signed an investment agreement with the Sri Lanka Board of Investment (BOI) yesterday to the tune of US$ 20 million which will be increased to US$ 320 million in the long term.

The company plans to launch the country’s first ever communication satellite utilizing the Planned Orbital Slot of Sri Lanka which is located at 50 degrees East.

Sri Lankan satellite, based on DFH-4 (DongFangHong-4) satellite platform, will be manufactured by China’s State-owned China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC).

SupremeSAT has entered into an exclusive partnership agreement with CGWIC for the design, manufacturing and launching of the satellite.

The DFH-4 (DongFangHong-4) platform is a large telecommunications satellite platform with a new generation of hardware based on high output power and communication capacity comparable to international advanced satellite platforms.

Launch is scheduled to take place onboard the Long March satellite carrier in 2015-2016 timeframe.

The new venture of SupremeSAT will offer all types of telecommunication services such as broadband and networking services, various broadcast solutions, back-haul or range extension facilities for telecom operators and other services such as E-government and E-learning.