{"id":597139,"date":"2023-01-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/13\/china-launches-new-commercial-communications-satellite-to-orbit\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:00:00","slug":"china-launches-new-commercial-communications-satellite-to-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/13\/china-launches-new-commercial-communications-satellite-to-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"China launches new commercial communications satellite to orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<article aria-label=\"article\" data-id=\"ECUQK73KmwwRnXhDAbmw5j\">\n<header>\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\">\n<ol>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\" aria-label=\"Return to Home\">Home<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/news\" aria-label=\"Return to News\">News<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spaceflight\" aria-label=\"Return to Spaceflight\">Spaceflight<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div>\n<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"A Long March 2C rocket lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Jan. 12, 2023 carrying the APStar 6E satellite to orbit.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\"   data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/RNcHDv8ZjBvhgwLymKWqHM.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/RNcHDv8ZjBvhgwLymKWqHM.jpg\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"A Long March 2C rocket lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Jan. 12, 2023 carrying the APStar 6E satellite to orbit.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\"   data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/RNcHDv8ZjBvhgwLymKWqHM.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/RNcHDv8ZjBvhgwLymKWqHM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/RNcHDv8ZjBvhgwLymKWqHM-320-80.jpg\" alt=\"A Long March 2C rocket lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Jan. 12, 2023 carrying the APStar 6E satellite to orbit.\" onerror=\"if(this.src &#038;&#038; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\"   data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/RNcHDv8ZjBvhgwLymKWqHM.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/RNcHDv8ZjBvhgwLymKWqHM.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<p><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/RNcHDv8ZjBvhgwLymKWqHM.jpg\"><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"600\"><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"338\"><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\">\n<span>A Long March 2C rocket lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Jan. 12, 2023 carrying the APStar 6E satellite to orbit.<\/span><br \/>\n<span itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Ourspace)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>China carried out its third space mission of 2023 on Thursday (Jan. 12) with the launch of a commercial telecommunications satellite.<\/p>\n<p>A Long March 2C <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/29295-rocket-history.html\"><u>rocket<\/u><\/a> lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center Thursday at 11:10 a.m. EST (1810 GMT; 2:10 a.m. on Jan. 13 Beijing time).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), which developed both the rocket and satellite, <a href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/-N31cK94syDWRP5Fm03Gzg\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/-N31cK94syDWRP5Fm03Gzg\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>announced<\/u><\/a><span> (opens in new tab)<\/span> the success of the launch within the hour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/topics\/china-space-program\"><u>The latest news about China&#8217;s space program<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The APStar 6E satellite was ordered by APT Satellite of Hong Kong and will add to the company&#8217;s fleet of telecommunications satellites serving the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>The 4,607-pound (2,090 kilograms) satellite was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) and based on a new, small DFH-3E satellite platform featuring all-electric propulsion.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite was sent into an initial low <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html\"><u>Earth<\/u><\/a> orbit but will spend most of the year raising its altitude to reach geostationary orbit, 22,236 miles (35,786 kilometers) above the equator. APStar 6E launched with a separable propulsion system that will boost the satellite into a higher orbit, after which the satellite&#8217;s own propulsion will complete the months-long journey to geostationary orbit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>APStar 6E is planned to operate for a service lifetime of 15 years from a position fixed over 134 degrees east latitude. From there it will provide 30 gigabits per second payload capacity with 25 Ku-band and 3 Ka-band user beams.<\/p>\n<p>The launch was China&#8217;s third of the year. CASC, China&#8217;s state-owned main space contractor, is planning to launch more than 50 times this year, including sending cargo and crew missions to the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/tiangong-space-station\"><u>Tiangong space station<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow us on Twitter <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPACEdotcom\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPACEdotcom\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><em>@Spacedotcom<\/em><\/u><\/a><span> (opens in new tab)<\/span> <em>or on<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spacecom\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spacecom\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><em>Facebook<\/em><\/u><\/a><span> (opens in new tab)<\/span><em>. <\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.space.com\/\">Join our Space Forums<\/a> to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! 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He began writing\u00a0for Space.com in 2019 and writes for SpaceNews, IEEE Spectrum, National Geographic, Sky &#038; Telescope, New Scientist and others.\u00a0Andrew\u00a0first caught the space bug when, as a youngster,\u00a0he\u00a0saw Voyager images of other worlds in our solar system for the first\u00a0time.\u00a0Away from space,\u00a0Andrew\u00a0enjoys trail running in the forests of Finland.\u00a0You can follow him on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJ_FI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AJ_FI<\/a><span> (opens in new tab)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/china-commercial-communications-satellite-launch-apstar-6e\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Maribel Schewe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Spaceflight A Long March 2C rocket lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Jan. 12, 2023 carrying the APStar 6E satellite to orbit. (Image credit: Ourspace) China carried out its third space mission of 2023 on Thursday (Jan. 12) with the launch of a commercial telecommunications satellite. 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