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AsiaSat 6
Geostationary communications satellite. AsiaSat 6 was launched on September 7, 2014 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2014-052ANORAD 40141Hong Kong
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Asiasat 6
- Common name
- AsiaSat 6
- International designator
- 2014-052A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40141
- GCAT identifier
- S40141
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/741
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Asiasat
- Owner
- Asiasat
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Builder
- SS/Loral (MDA)
- Platform (bus)
- LS-1300
Launch
- Date
- September 7, 2014 · 05:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-052Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,783 km
- Apogee
- 35,795 km
- Inclination
- 0.06°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 23, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,700 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,500 kg
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 27.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16206759 (CC0).