APSTAR-6E

NORAD 55239· COSPAR 2023-005A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO

Launch

Launched on Jan 12, 2023 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 2C.

Long March 2C | APStar 6E →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:19 UTC

Orbit class

GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jan 12, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

35,812 km

Perigee

35,780 km

Inclination

0.06°

Period

23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for APSTAR-6E across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Raising

Change

+2.0 km

Rate

+0.02 km/day

Now

35780 × 35812 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.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2023-005 (Long March 2C | APStar 6E).

APSTAR-6E SPS · 55447

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