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APSTAR-6C
Commercial C-band Broadcasting (Southeast Asia) · APT Satellite / China
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A high-power C-band Chinese commercial satellite serving Southeast Asian broadcasting markets. APStar-6C provides the high-power C-band signals needed for direct-to-home TV reception in tropical Southeast Asia — where C-band's resistance to heavy rainfall fading makes it essential for reliable broadcasting across countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea where frequent intense rain would disrupt Ku-band signals.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,237–22,247 mi (35,787–35,803 km)
- Inclination
- 0.1°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 43450
- Int’l designator
- 2018-041A
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 21 Sep 2026.
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