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                                    FORM 6-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington DC 20549



                            Report of Foreign Issuer
                      Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                          For the month of October 2007


                        Commission File Number: 1-14396

               ASIA SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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                (Translation of registrant's name into English)

        17/F, The Lee Gardens, 33 Hysan Avenue, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                       Form 20-F [X]          Form 40-F [_]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1). __

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a
Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): __

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a
Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant
foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the
report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a
material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
Commission filing on EDGAR.

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Indicate by check mark whether the  registrant by furnishing  the  information
contained  in this Form is also  thereby  furnishing  the  information  to the
Commission to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                        Yes  [_]          No  [X]


If "Yes" is marked,  indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant
in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):_________.









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Information furnished on this form:

Circular,  dated  October  10,  2007,  issued  by the  registrant  on the share
purchase  agreement  relating to the registrant's  equity interest in Speedcast
Holding Limited.


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      1.1      Circular, dated October 10, 2007, issued by the registrant.    5










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                               SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                       ASIA SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
                                               HOLDINGS LIMITED
                                                 (Registrant)


Date:  October 10, 2007                By: /s/ Peter Jackson
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                                           Peter Jackson
                                           Chief Executive Officer