ChinaSat 6D

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

12:00:00

Friday April 15, 2022

Mission Details

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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.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
Long March 3B/E

Active Since 2007

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Price

$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

Launch Site

LC-2

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

18 days

Stats

Long March 3


142nd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2022

2022


39th

Orbital launch attempt