APStar-6D

Long March 3B launched Apstar-6D, a 5,500kg Ku/Ka-band high-throughput communications satellite for Hong Kong's APT Satellite, from Xichang. Positioned at 134 degrees East, the 50 Gbps spacecraft is the first of a planned broadband constellation with a 15-year design life.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

5 T (est.)

Flight

34th

of 78 Long March 3B/E flights

Date and time

9 July 2020, 12:11 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B/E

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Communications

International designator

2020-045

Launches in 2020

50th of 114

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