2023 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
APStar 6E
successLong March 2C | APStar 6E
APStar 6E is a small high-throughput communication satellite for Hong Kong based APT Satellite. It is based on the new DFH-3E small GEO platform developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), featuring all-electric propulsion. The satellite will provide satellite telecommunication services in the Asia-Pacific region. Payload includes a transfer stage to send the satellite to GTO.
Overview
- Date / time
- January 12, 2023 at 06:10 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Mission
- APStar 6E
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit