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“Apstar-6D has a mass of 5,500 kg, 90 Ku-band user beams, and eight Ka-band beams to link to gateway stations.”
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Apstar-6D was ordered by APT Mobile Satcom Ltd., a company formed in 2016 by APT Satellite of Hong Kong together with mainland Chinese institutions including Beijing Shipping, a subsidiary of China Transport Telecommunication Information Center.
Apstar-6D is a Ku-band high-throughput satellite built by China Great Wall Industry Corp. and is slated to launch on a Chinese Long March 3B rocket.
Panasonic Avionics co-designed the Apstar-6D satellite that APT Mobile Satcom Limited ordered from China Great Wall Industry Corp. and will lease some of its capacity for mobile internet service over China and the surrounding region.
Apstar-6D is built on China’s enhanced Dongfanghong-4 platform, the DFH-4E.
Apstar-6D is based on the DFH-4E platform, an enhanced version of the Dongfanghong-4 platform that includes upgraded components to lighten the satellite and allow more room for communications payloads.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation plans launches of the Apstar-6D communications satellite based on a new DFH-4E bus in 2020.
The Xichang Satellite Launch Center is preparing to launch the Apstar-6D communications satellite for APT Satellite on a Long March 3B rocket around 2020-07-10.
Apstar-6D has a mass of 5,500 kg, 90 Ku-band user beams, and eight Ka-band beams to link to gateway stations.
Apstar-6D arrived at 134 degrees East longitude in geostationary orbit on 2020-10-06.
Apstar-6D launched at 8:11 a.m. Eastern from China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan, China.
Panasonic Avionics has customized Ku-band payloads on satellites operated by Intelsat, SES, and Eutelsat and has another Ku-band payload under construction on Apsatcom’s Apstar-6D satellite that is scheduled to launch next year.