2018 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
APStar-6C
successLong March 3B/E | APStar-6C
APStar-6C is a commercial communications satellite for APT Satellite Company Ltd under an end-to-end contract signed with China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) for satellite production and launch services. It will deliver VSAT, video distribution, Direct-to-home television and cellular backhaul to the Asia-Pacific Region.
Overview
- Date / time
- May 3, 2018 at 04:06 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- Mission
- APStar-6C
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit