APStar 6E

Lofted APStar-6E from Xichang, a compact all-electric high-throughput communications satellite built on CAST's DFH-3E platform to provide telecom services across the Asia-Pacific region for Hong Kong's APT Satellite.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

4.3 T (est.)

Flight

51st

of 67 Long March 2C flights

Date and time

12 January 2023, 18:10 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Communications

International designator

2023-005

Launches in 2023

7th of 223

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