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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsLong March 2C
Launched 2023-01-12 18:10 UTCLaunch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
7th
orbital launch attempt in 2023
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
2nd
launch this year
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
28 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Launch Provider
Government · China · Founded 1999 · Chairman & President Lei Fanpei
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
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Landings
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scheduled
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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff
Cosmic_Penguin
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Adding tentative payload identity.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Launch moved up by one day per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch per NOTAMs; payload and launch vehicle not confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
42m
Diameter
3.4m
To low Earth orbit
3,850kg
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