China Launches ChinaSat 6D on Long March 3B/E

On Friday, April 12 at 8am EDT (12;00 UTC), China launched the ChinaSat 6D satellite atop a Long March 3B/E rocket from LC-2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China. ChinaSat 6D is a communications satellite manufactured by CAST. This was the 39th orbital launch attempt of 2022 and the 142nd Long March 3 launch.