The Sentosa Satellite Earth Station (; ) is Singapore's first satellite earth station. The station is located at Sentosa Island. It was opened on 23 October 1971 by then- President

Benjamin Sheares Benjamin Henry Sheares (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981) was a Singaporean politician, physician and academic who served as the second president of Singapore from 1971 until his death in 1981. Sheares retired in 1960 and was in private pract ...

. The second antenna was built two years later in 1972 as the amount of traffic grew. This station is managed and owned by

Singtel Singapore Telecommunications Limited, commonly known as Singtel, is a Singaporean telecommunications conglomerate and one of the four major telcos operating in the country. The company is the largest mobile network operator in Singapore with ...

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