10 July 2020
China successfully sent a commercial telecommunication satellite, known as APSTAR-6D, into a planned orbit from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Center on 09 July. The APSTAR-6D telecommunication satellite was launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket at 20:11 BJT, according to the centre. The satellite was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
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