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Long March 3B | ChinaSat 6D

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 3B/E · Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 362nd launch · 10th this year · humanity's 6,221st orbital launch attempt

April 15, 2022Add to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Apr 15, 11:52 – Apr 15, 12:30 UTC

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ChinaSat 6D

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.

Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

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Updates

  • Launch success

    Cosmic_Penguin · 4/15/2022 · source

  • Added launch per NOTAMs - payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 4/11/2022 · source

Pad — Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)

126 launches from this pad · 242 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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