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China Launches the APSTAR-6D Satellite

July 10, 2020

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the commercial telecommunication satellite APSTAR-6D blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, July 9, 2020.
Photo is courtesy of Xinhua.

On July 9, China successfully launched the APSTAR-6D satellite into orbit from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

The APSTAR-6D telecommunication satellite was launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket at 8:11 p.m. (Beijing Time), according to the center, and has a launch mass of about 5,550 kg with a lifespan of about 15 years..

The satellite was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

The satellite was purchased by the APT Mobile SatCom Limited to provide satellite broadband telecommunication services for airborne, shipborne, vehicle-borne, and other mobile communication applications.

A geostationary satellite, APSTAR-6D is a part of China’s first global, high-throughput, broadband, satellite communication system and is expected to provide high-quality broadband network and data communication services for users across the Asia-Pacific region, according to CAST.

With a communication capacity of about 50 Gbps and a single-beam capacity of up to one Gbps, APSTAR-6D will serve its users with high-quality voice and data transmissions.

To date, CAST has successfully launched 11 commercial telecommunication satellites for international clients. Thursday’s launch was the 339th by the Long March rocket series.

The APSTAR-6D satellite.

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