APSTAR-6C
Launch
Launched on May 3, 2018 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3B/E.
Long March 3B/E | APStar-6C →
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Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
May 3, 2018
Mass
—
Apogee
35,804 km
Perigee
35,785 km
Inclination
0.04°
Period
23.94 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
Apstar 6C is a Chinese communications satellite which is operated by APT Satellite Holdings as part of the Apstar system.
Full article on Wikipedia →Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for APSTAR-6C across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+1.0 km
Rate
+0.01 km/day
Now
35785 × 35806 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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