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Thaicom 6
Thai satellite. Thaicom 6 was launched on January 6, 2014 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2014-002ANORAD 39500Thailand
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Thaicom 6
- Other names
- Aficom-1
- International designator
- 2014-002A
- NORAD catalog number
- 39500
- GCAT identifier
- S39500
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Thaicom
- Owner
- Thaicom
- Country
- Thailand
- Builder
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- Star-2.3
Launch
- Date
- January 6, 2014 · 22:06 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-002Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- VHEO
- Perigee
- 35,904 km
- Apogee
- 43,400 km
- Inclination
- 0.35°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 22, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,016 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,500 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 18.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2408473 (CC0).