Geostationary
APSTAR-6D
Commercial Ka-band Broadband · APT Satellite / China
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APStar's Ka-band high-throughput satellite providing broadband connectivity across China and the Asia-Pacific. APStar-6D targets China's maritime broadband market — providing internet to fishing fleets, cargo vessels, and coastal monitoring stations across the South China Sea and broader Pacific. China's extensive maritime interests across contested and contested-adjacent waters make reliable satellite communications for vessels a strategic priority.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,235–22,249 mi (35,784–35,806 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 45863
- Int’l designator
- 2020-045A
- Launched
- 2020
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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