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AsiaSat 6 is a Hong Kong geostationary communications satellite which is operated by the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company was launched into orbit on 7 September 2014. , 14 of the satellite's 28 transponders are being leased to Thaicom, who will market them as Thaicom 7.〔 AsiaSat 6 was built by Space Systems/Loral, and is based on the LS-1300LL satellite bus.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AsiaSat 6 )〕 The satellite carries 28 C band transponders and will be positioned at a longitude of 120 degrees East,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AsiaSat 6 )〕 providing coverage of southern Asia, Australia and New Zealand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Asiasat 6 (Thaicom 7) )〕 ==Launch vehicle== SpaceX was contracted to launch AsiaSat 6 using a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle. The launch took place from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 7 September 2014.〔 〕 The Falcon 9 upper stage used to launch AsiaSat 6 was in a decaying elliptical low-Earth orbit from September to December 2014. Initially, on 9 September 2014, it orbited with a perigee of and an apogee of .〔 〕 One month on, the orbit had decayed to an altitude of at its closest approach to Earth, 〔 〕 and by November had decayed to a perigee.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=FALCON 9 R/B details 2014-052B NORAD 40142 )〕 The orbit decayed and the derelict rocket body had reentered the atmosphere prior to 14 December 2014.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=FALCON 9 R/B details 2014-052B NORAD 40142 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AsiaSat 6」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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