Apstar-6C
| APStar-6C | |
|---|---|
| Start date | May 4, 2018, 16:06 UTC |
| Launcher | Long March 3B / G-2 |
| Launch site | Xichang Satellite Launch Center |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2018-041A |
| Manufacturer | China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation |
| Satellite bus | DFH-4 |
| lifespan | 15 years |
| Stabilization | Three-axis stabilization |
| operator | APT Satellite |
| Playback information | |
| Transponder | 19 Ku-band and 26 C-band transponders |
| Others | |
| Electrical power | 10.5 kW (EOL) |
| position | |
| First position | 134 ° East |
| List of geostationary satellites | |
APStar-6C (Asia-Pacific 6C, 亚太 6C) is a commercial communications satellite owned by APT Satellite from Hong Kong .
He was born on May 4, 2018 at 16:06 UTC with a Long March-3B / G-2 - carrier rocket from the rocket launch site Xichang Satellite Launch Center in a geostationary brought orbit.
The three-axis stabilized satellite with 19 Ku-band - and 26 C-band - transponders equipped and is on the position / inclination 134 degrees East, the entire Asia-Pacific region from eastern Russia to Australia and New Zealand in the south and from the Arabian Peninsula to Provide Hawaii with telecommunications services and television. It was built on the basis of the DFH-4 satellite bus from China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation and has a planned service life of 15 years. The contract to build the satellite was signed in October 2015.
In June 2018, the satellite should replace its predecessor APStar-6 . In the case of APStar-6, however, an anomaly occurred in a solar cell boom on May 27, 2018, which led to a partial power failure on board APStar-6, whereupon a number of transponders on board had to be switched off, thus interrupting communication connections with customers. APStar-6C, which was currently undergoing tests in orbit, was then moved to the location of APStar-6. Since June 29, 2018, both satellites have been in colocation at 134 ° East and in the early morning of May 30, 2018, all interrupted connections were restored with the help of the APStar-6C transponders.
Web links
- APT Satellite: Operator website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b raumfahrer.net: APStar 6C handed over to operator , accessed on August 8, 2018
- ↑ APSTAR: APSTAR-6C - APSTAR , accessed August 8, 2018
- ↑ dgap.de: APT Satellite Successfully Launched APSTAR 6C Satellite into Orbit - dgap.de , accessed on August 8, 2018
- ↑ raumfahrer.net: APStar 6 with problems, APStar 6C helps , accessed on August 8, 2018