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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
12:00:00
Friday April 15, 2022
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ZX 6D (Zhongxing 6D, ChinaSat 6D) is a Chinese communications satellite based on 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.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload


Agency
CASCPrice
$29.15 million
Rocket
Height: 56.3m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 11,500 kg
GTO: 5,550 kg
Liftoff Thrust
5,986 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.2m
Height: 9.56m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
142nd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2022
39th
Orbital launch attempt