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APStar 6
Chinese communications satellite. APStar 6 was launched on April 12, 2005 aboard a Chang Zheng 3B from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2005-012ANORAD 28638Hong Kong
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Apstar 6
- Common name
- APStar 6
- International designator
- 2005-012A
- NORAD catalog number
- 28638
- GCAT identifier
- S28638
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/549
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Apstar
- Owner
- APT
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Builder
- Alcatel Space, Centre spatiale de Cannes-Mandelieu
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 4000C2
Launch
- Date
- April 12, 2005 · 12:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2005-012Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 3B
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,784 km
- Apogee
- 35,788 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Dec 1, 2020
- End of operations
- Dec 1, 2020
Size
- Mass
- 4,576 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,000 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 38.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q4782200 (CC0).