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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 3B/ELaunch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
ChinaSat 6D
Launched
April 15, 2022
Image: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Summary
ChinaSat 6D launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 3B/E from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on April 15, 2022. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 362nd launch, 10th this year and humanity's 6,221st orbital launch attempt. It was the 48th Long March 3B/E flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Zhongxing 6D, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 238 × 35,772 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 48th Long March 3B/E flight · 1st this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 362nd launch10th this yearhumanity's 6,221st orbital launch attempt39th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Zhongxing 6D · NORAD 52255 · 2022-038 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-038A
- Epoch
- 2022-04-15 14:46:57 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28113153 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7288634
- Inclination
- 28.4561°
- Ascending node
- 20.8156°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.37°
- Mean anomaly
- 82.1636°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- Zhongxing 6D · NORAD 52255 · in orbit
CZ-3B Y89 Stage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
ZX 6D (Zhongxing 6D, ChinaSat 6D) is a Chinese communications satellite based upon a DFH-4 bus. It is similar to ZX 6C launched in 2019. The Chinasat 6D satellite provides commercial communications services with twenty-five C-band transponders and supports high-quality and reliable uplink and downlink transmissions of programs for the radio and TV stations and cable TV networks. The satellite is being manufactured by CAST and will be launched onboard a CZ-3B/G2 launch vehicle.
Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
98th launch from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), 1st this year · 169th from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
126 launches from this pad · 242 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
106 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Updates
Launch success
Show 1 earlier update
Added launch per NOTAMs - payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/11/2022 · source
Questions
When did ChinaSat 6D launch?
ChinaSat 6D launched on April 15, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch ChinaSat 6D?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched ChinaSat 6D?
Long March 3B/E, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 3B/E spec sheet
Where did ChinaSat 6D launch from?
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did ChinaSat 6D reach?
Zhongxing 6D, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 238 × 35,772 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
How many satellites did ChinaSat 6D launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).