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Earth Science
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Booster History
B1005
Flight #1 · NEW
First flight of this booster
- Total Flights
- 1
- Recovery Rate
- 0/0 successful landings
- This Landing
- No landing attempt (expended)· Expended
- Recovery Site
- Atlantic Ocean (ATL)
Mission Details
Thaicom 6 is a planned Thai television satellite of the Thaicom series, to be operated by Thaicom Public Company Limited (formerly Shin Satellite Public Company Limited), a subsidiary of Shin Corporation, headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. Thaicom 6 will be colocated with Thaicom 5 at 78.5 degrees East, ("Hot Bird" position), in Geostationary orbit. The total cost for the satellite is US$160 million. The launch is planned for January 3, 2014 by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. on a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle.
- Type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA