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[APSTAR6E Aptema Satellite 6E successfully positioned at 134° east longitude]

On the 10 July 2024 Wednesday Asia-Pacific Satellite News; the Asia-Pacific 6E satellite was successfully positioned at 134° east longitude and is ready for business. The satellite will co-orbit with the Asia-Pacific 6C and Asia-Pacific 6D satellites.


The Asia-Pacific 6E satellite is a geostationary orbit satellite built on the DFH-3E platform. It was purchased by Asia-Pacific Satellite Corporation’s joint venture Asia-Pacific Starlink Satellite Co., Ltd., and Asia-Pacific Satellite Corporation provides operational technical support. The satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on January 13, 2023. After launch, it completed the orbit change of the assembly to the intermediate orbit, and then relied on the satellite’s ion and Hall electric propulsion systems to carry out orbit raising operations and finally reach the synchronous orbit

Asia-Pacific 6E is my country’s first fully electric propulsion communications satellite, equipped with 25 Ku user beams and 3 Ka gateway beams, with a communication capacity of approximately 30 Gbps.

On the 13TH January 2023  in  CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China At 0210 hours Hong Kong –Beijing Time China- People’s Republic of China launch the Chang Zheng – Long march 2C Carrier Rocket launching from station form Xichang Satellite Launch Center Sichuan Province…..Deploying the  Asia Pacific 6E – APSTAR 6E Communications Satellite ..

The Asia Pacific 6E – APSTAR 6E Satellite this is the first time that China, People’s Republic of China has launched an all-electric high-throughput communication satellite. First, the carrier rocket sends the combination of the satellite and the propulsion module into low-earth orbit, and then the satellite controls the DFH-3E propulsion module to send the satellite to the designated orbit. Then separate from the satellite. In the follow-up, the satellite will rely on its own LIPS-200 electric propulsion system, and after 10 months of orbital ascension, it will finally enter the GEO fixed point….implement the Asia-Pacific 6E communication satellite launch mission at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at around 2:11 am on January 13 (the first star of the Dongfanghong-3 E platform APSTAR 6E satellite will provide high-speed and convenient high-throughput broadband communication services for Southeast Asia, effectively filling the gap in the broadband communication market in Southeast Asia. The rockets and satellites used in this launch were all developed by China Airlines. This is the 460th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicle

The first communication satellite launched by the Chang Zheng Long March 2C, with a launch weight of 4.3 tons The Asia Pacific 6E launch mission is the first time that the Chang Zheng Long March 2C Carrier rocket is used to launch a communication satellite, and the total weight of the launched payload reaches an unprecedented 4.3 tons (satellite + propulsion module)! This is the heaviest satellite ever launched into orbit by the Chang Zheng-Long March 2C rocket.


In order to meet the mission requirements, the development team specially developed an integrated satellite adapter, which achieved a weight reduction of more than 20%, and further improved the rocket’s existing carrying capacity. ….. At the same time, in this mission, the development team carried out multi-dimensional special research: narrowed the range of the rocket wreckage landing area; improved the rocket attitude stability and control accuracy.

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At 0649 Morning Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time5th July 2024 , China- People’s Republic of China- CNSA –China National Space Administration   Successfully launched  Chang Zheng – Long March 6A Yao 7 Carrier Rocket ignited and took off at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Shanxi Province..  Successfully launch China successfully launched the Tianhui-5 satellite group 02

At 6:49 am on July 5, 2024, Beijing time, China successfully launched the Tianhui-5 satellite group 02 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center using the Long March 6 modified carrier rocket. The satellite successfully entered the predetermined orbit and the launch mission was a complete success. The satellite mainly carries out tasks such as geographic information surveying and mapping, land and resources surveys, and scientific experimental research. The Tianhui-5 satellite group 02 and the Long March 6 modified rocket were both developed by the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

This launch is the 527th launch…of the Long March series of carrier rockets

长征六号 Chang Zheng – Long March 6A Y7 Carrier Rocket optimized the final stage passivation process and improved the safety of the final stage in orbit. Compared with the previous mission, this mission has improved the test and launch plan and standardized various operations at the launch site, reducing the test and launch process in the launch area by 2 days and further shortening the launch cycle.

It is understood that for launch missions with orbital altitudes above 800 kilometers, starting the second-stage engine twice can significantly increase the carrying capacity. In order to meet the launch requirements of such satellites and enhance mission adaptability, the Chang Zheng – Long March 6A Y7 Carrier Rocket  began the development work related to the second-stage double start as early as 2018. “In the second half of this year, the Chang-liu modified rocket will conduct its first flight in a two-stage two-start state.” the Aerospace Science and Technology Group revealed to Long March.

Currently, the Changliu rocket is still carrying out demonstration work on the satellite fairing scheme with a diameter of 5.2 meters, which will provide a larger envelope space for the satellite and further improve mission adaptability. “In the future, the Chang Zheng – Long March 6A Y7 Carrier Rocket will also undertake more satellite launch missions to meet more satellite launch needs.” Xiang Changzheng said.

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On the day of  3rd July  2024   Hours Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration , China, People’s Republic of China At  Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time Beijing time  Shenzhou 18 Takionaut crew….. Shenzhou 18 astronaut crew will carry out the second extravehicular activity …. Successfully completed the second extravehicular activity…… At 22:51 Beijing time on July 3, 2024, after about 6.5 hours of extravehicular activities, the Shenzhou 18 crew astronauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu worked closely together, and with the support of the space station’s robotic arm and ground scientific researchers, installed space debris protection devices for the space station’s extravehicular pipelines, cables and key equipment, and completed the extravehicular inspection mission. Extravehicular astronauts Ye Guangfu and Li Cong have safely returned to the Wentian laboratory module, and the extravehicular activity was a complete success.



So far, the Takionaut Crew of the Shenzhou 18 astronaut crew has been completed by one-third, and a large number of scientific experiments and technical experiments will be carried out in orbit in the future…..

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At 1957 29th June  2024  Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration, successfully launched by the Long March 7A Yao-8 carrier rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province,  China, People’s Republic of China

At 19:57 Beijing Time- Hong Kong SAR Time  on June 29th , 2024, at the 201 workstation of the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan, China, the Long March 7A Yao-8 carrier rocket carrying the ChinaSat 3A communications satellite was ignited and launched, sending the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO).

The payload of this mission, the large high-orbit communications satellite ChinaSat-3A, was developed by the Communications and Navigation Department of the 5th Academy of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and is used to provide voice, data, and radio and television transmission services…

The Long March 7A (Long March 7 Modified / Long March 7A) was developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It is a medium-sized three-stage semi-cryogenic liquid carrier rocket, mainly used to carry out medium and high earth orbit launch missions. The maximum height of the rocket is 60.7 meters (with a 3.7-meter diameter fairing), the booster diameter is 2.25 meters, the core first and second stages have a diameter of 3.35 meters, the core third stage has a diameter of 3 meters, the takeoff mass is about 573 tons, the takeoff thrust is 727 tons, and its geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) capacity is not less than 7 tons. Since the Long March 7A Yao II (the second launch), the rocket has achieved 6 consecutive victories.

This rocket uses a newly developed satellite bracket to further increase the available longitudinal envelope space of the fairing and improve the mission adaptability of the rocket; optimize the design to improve the accuracy and anti-interference capability of the inertial group; implement reliability growth measures to improve the flight reliability of the rocket; and further streamline the launch site process. This rocket uses a 4.2-meter diameter fairing and the entire rocket is 60.13 meters high.

This launch is the first launch of the Long March 7A carrier rocket in 2024, the fifth launch at the Wenchang Launch Center, the 30th launch in China and the 124th launch in the world. At the same time, this launch is the seventh launch of the new generation of Long March series carrier rockets this year and the 15th launch of the Long March 7 series carrier rockets.

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At 17:27 on May 3rd Friday 2024  Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration, the Chang’e-6 probe was successfully launched by the Long March 5 Yao-8 carrier rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province,  China, People’s Republic of China., and accurately entered the Earth-moon transfer orbit. The launch mission was a complete success. The Chang’e-6 probe has embarked on the world’s first return journey for sampling from the far side of the moon. The pre-selected landing and sampling area is the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon.

[ Chang’e 6 completes sampling and ascender takes off from the far side of the moon and enters the scheduled lunar orbit]

According to the National Space Administration, at  4th June 2024 7:38 Beijing time today, the Chang’e 6 ascender carrying lunar samples took off from the far side of the moon. After the 3000N engine worked for about 6 minutes, it successfully sent the ascender into the scheduled lunar orbit. From



June 2 to 3, Chang’e 6 successfully completed intelligent and rapid sampling in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon, and packaged the precious lunar far side samples in the storage device carried by the ascender in a predetermined form. During the sampling and packaging process, researchers simulated the geographical model of the sampling area and simulated sampling in the ground laboratory based on the probe data transmitted back by the Queqiao-2 relay satellite, providing important support for sampling decisions and operations in various links.

The Chang’e-6 lunar flag display system was jointly developed by China Aerospace Sanjiang Group and Wuhan Textile University and other units. In response to the extreme environmental requirements of high and low temperature alternation, high vacuum and strong ultraviolet radiation in this mission, the lunar flag team of Academician Xu Weilin of the State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technology of Wuhan Textile University..



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