Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Apstar VI is a communications satellite built by Alcatel Space a subsidiary of Alcatel and was boosted into orbit on April 12 2005 by Long March 3B launcher from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China. It provides APT Satellite Holdings Limited (APT) a satellite operator in the Asia Pacific region with broadband media and television services. It is fitted with 38 C-band transponders and 12 Ku band transponders.