Orbital star
Thailand
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- Family
- Communications
- Country
- Thailand
- Launch Vehicles
- Falcon 9
- Launch Sites
- Cape Canaveral LC40
- Bibliography
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Chronology
1 event
2014 January 6
22:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC40. Launch Pad: SLC40. LV Family: Falcon. Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9.- Thaicom 6 - .
Mass: 3,016 kg (6,649 lb). Nation: Thailand.
Class: Communications.
Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: Orbital star.
USAF Sat Cat: 39500 . COSPAR: 2014-002A. Apogee: 35,806 km (22,248 mi). Perigee: 35,767 km (22,224 mi). Inclination: 0.0700 deg. Period: 1,436.09 min.
Thaicom Plc of Bangkok communications satellite with Ku and C-band payloads for coverage of southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The initial burn of the Falcon 9 second stage reached a 197 x 497 km parking orbit, and a second burn sent the Thaicom 6 payload to a 375 x 90,039 km x 22.5 deg supersync transfer orbit. By February 3 the satellite had manuevered to a 35,784 x 35,789 km x 0.1 deg geostationary orbit over 78.4 deg East.