SINGAPORE — APT Satellite Holdings' plans with China for a global mobile communications constellation of three or four high-throughput satellites has been slowed because of a lack of easy access to orbital slots beyond the first satellite, APT Satellite Executive Vice President Huang Baozhong said.
That first satellite, Apstar 6D, will be operated by APT Mobile Satcom, with in-flight-connectivity service provider Panasonic Avionics an anchor customer. Under construction by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), Apstar-6D s scheduled for launch either late this . . .
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