Payload
APSTAR-6E
Partially operationalPayloadGEO
APSTAR-6E is a APT Satellite Holdings Ltd. payload satellite, launched on January 12, 2023 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 12, 2023 at 06:10 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 2C →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- APStar 6E
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,791 km
- Periapsis
- 35,783 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Orbital period
- 1436.11 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- APT Satellite Holdings Ltd.
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 2,090 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,090 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-005A
- NORAD catalog №
- 55239
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Partially operational
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