APSTar 6D (Shenzhen Star)

Launch data:

Spacecraft data:

Mission details:

• China′s CALT launched the Apstar 6D communication satellite on Jul 9, 2020 into geotransfer orbit.
  Apstar 6D is a 5500 kg DFH-4E model built by CAST/Beijing. Earlier Apstar satellites were owned by Asia Pacific Satellite/Hong Kong, but this one is owned by the affiliate Asia Pacific Satellite/Shenzhen.
• By Jul 20 Apstar 6D was on station at 134.5 deg East in GEO. Catalog number 45864 was originally apparently reserved for the CZ-3B third stage, but ultimately the stage was not cataloged. It may have reentered at first perigee.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking