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APSTAR-6E SPS
Chinese Commercial Hosted Payload · APT Satellite (China)
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APStar-6E SPS, a hosted technology payload flying on APT Satellite's commercial communications fleet, testing supplementary sensor or communications hardware alongside the parent satellite's primary Asian broadcasting mission. Hosted payloads like this one let smaller organizations get an instrument into space without the cost of an entire dedicated satellite — piggybacking on a commercial operator's existing spacecraft and launch instead.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Medium Earth Orbita high vantage point, ideal for navigation
- Altitude
- 1,287–4,372 mi (2,072–7,036 km)
- Inclination
- 28.6°
- One orbit
- 3.2 hours7.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 55447
- Int’l designator
- 2023-005C
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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