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Thaicom 4
Thai high-throughput communications satellite. Thaicom 4 was launched on August 11, 2005 aboard a Ariane 5GS from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2005-028ANORAD 28786Thailand
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Thaicom 4
- Payload designation
- iPSTAR 1
- International designator
- 2005-028A
- NORAD catalog number
- 28786
- GCAT identifier
- S28786
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Thaicom
- Owner
- Shinawatra
- Country
- Thailand
- Builder
- SS/Loral
- Platform (bus)
- SSL-1300SX
Launch
- Date
- August 11, 2005 · 08:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 2005-028Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5GS
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,777 km
- Apogee
- 35,797 km
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 6, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 6,480 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,400 kg
- Length
- 8.1 m
- Diameter
- 3.80 m
- Span
- 26.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1938441 (CC0).