APSTAR-6D
Launch
Launched on Jul 9, 2020 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 3B/E.
Long March 3B/E | APStar-6D →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:19 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jul 9, 2020
Mass
—
Apogee
35,806 km
Perigee
35,783 km
Inclination
0.04°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for APSTAR-6D across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-2.3 km
Rate
-0.02 km/day
Now
35783 × 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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