Apstar 6

Success CASC, Long March 3B

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Mission

Communications · Direct-GEO

Communications Ku and C band transponders.

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbit
APSTAR-6 2005-012A Payload 36245 × 36294 km · 7.7° Globe
CZ-3B R/B 2005-012B Rocket body re-entered 2006-02-26

COSPAR ID 2005-012 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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