NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

ChinaSat 6D

Launch Time
Fri Apr 15, 2022 12:00 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B/E
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $29.15 million
Liftoff Thrust: 5,986 kN
Payload to LEO: 11,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 5,550 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 56.3 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.2 m
Fairing Height: 9.56 m

Mission Details

ChinaSat 6D

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.

Payloads: 1
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2022

39th orbital launch attempt

Long March 3

142nd mission
1st mission of 2022
134th successful mission
18th consecutive successful mission