AsiaSat 8 then AMOS-7 is a Hong Kong-turned-Israeli geostationary communications satellite which is operated by the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (Asiasat).
Satellite description
AsiaSat 8 was built by Space Systems/Loral, and is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus.[1][2] The satellite carries twenty-four Ku-band transponders and one Ka-band payload, and was planned to be initially positioned above the equator,[3] at a longitude of 105.5° East,[4] providing coverage of southern and south-eastern Asia