The company was a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
China Satellite Communications operated the brand ChinaSat.
APT Satellite Holdings, a listed company that was jointly controlled by China Satellite Communications and China Great Wall Industry Corporation (another subsidiary of CASC), operated satellites under the brand Apstar.
[1] In 2009, China Satellite Communications Corporation, a state-owned enterprise that was supervised by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council directly, was dismantled and distributed to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and China Telecommunications Corporation respectively.
[2][3] However, it also acquired Sino Satellite Communications from CASC as a subsidiary.