Sri Lanka, Aug. 8 -- Amidts the controversy over Chichi's communication satellite, SupremeSAT confirmed that the satellite remains in orbit at 87.5 degrees East, precisely where it was positioned upon launch.

It said in a statement that SupremeSAT welcomes the long-awaited public acknowledgment, after 13 years, that the SupremeSAT satellite was successfully launched and no government funds were used for the project.

"Discussions about our private company accounts, conducted without our participation, are both inappropriate and misleading, especially when driven by those lacking the technical understanding and operational insight necessary to comment on a complex, globally integrated business such as ours.

"SupremeSAT operates under st...