Geostationary
ASIASAT 6
Commercial Communications (Asia-Pacific) · AsiaSat / Hong Kong
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AsiaSat's Ku-band satellite covering China and Southeast Asia with enhanced direct-to-home broadcasting power. AsiaSat-6 (also designated THAICOM-7 in some markets) demonstrates the cross-border commercial partnerships that characterize Asia-Pacific satellite services, where operators serve multiple national markets from single orbital positions.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,240–22,245 mi (35,791–35,800 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 40141
- Int’l designator
- 2014-052A
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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