Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) announced on 16 February that it is providing back up facilities and services to Star at AsiaSats new Tai Po Earth Station in Hong Kong.
Under the terms of agreement, AsiaSat will provide facilities to house Stars back up broadcast and RF equipment for downlinking and emergency uplinking to AsiaSat 3S and other related services.
AsiaSats Tai Po Earth Station is designed for tracking and monitoring AsiaSats satellites as well as for providing additional value-added services to AsiaSats customers such as C-band and Ku-band traffic uplinking and back up services.