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Thaicom 6

Thai satellite

Field	Value
auto	all
name	THAICOM 6
image	File:Thaicom 6 mission logo.png
image_caption	Mission logo of THAICOM 6
mission_type	Communication
COSPAR_ID	2014-002A
SATCAT	39500
mission_duration	15 years
spacecraft_bus	GEOStar-2
manufacturer	Orbital Sciences Corporation
launch_mass	3325 kg
power	3.7 kW
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Falcon 9 v1.1
launch_site	Cape Canaveral SLC-40
launch_contractor	SpaceX
operator	Thaicom
deactivated
orbit_epoch	25 January 2015, 02:13:56 UTC
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Geostationary
orbit_periapsis	35789 km
orbit_apoapsis	35795 km
orbit_inclination	0.07 degrees
orbit_period	1436.07 minutes
orbit_longitude	78.5° East
apsis	gee
trans_band	18 C band
8
trans_frequency	72, 36 MHz C band
54, 36 MHz
trans_coverage	Southeast Asia, Africa & Americas

8 54, 36 MHz

THAICOM 6 () is a Thai satellite of the Thaicom series, operated by Thaicom Public Company Limited, a subsidiary of INTOUCH headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. THAICOM 6 is colocated with Thaicom 5 at 78.5 degrees East, in geostationary orbit. The total cost for the satellite is .

Overview

THAICOM 6 is a 3-axis stabilized spacecraft, carrying 18 active C-band transponders and 8 active Ku-band transponders. The Ku-band transponders are both addressed as well as beam-switched to broadband. THAICOM 6 provides communication service to Southeast Asia, Africa and Madagascar with its primary role being DTH service for Thailand.

Launch

The spacecraft was launched on 6 January 2014, by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle. The payload was delivered by SpaceX to a 90000 km-apogee supersynchronous elliptical transfer orbit that will later be reduced by the satellite builder Orbital Sciences Corporation to an approximately 35800 km circular geostationary orbit. The supersynchronous transfer orbit enables an inclination plane change with a lower expenditure of propellant by the satellite's kick motor. `

This launch was SpaceX's second transport of a payload to a Geostationary transfer orbit. | archive-url = https://archive.today/20131115125504/http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/38144spacex%E2%80%99s-1st-commercial-comsat-launch-slips-three-days | url-status = dead | archive-date = 15 November 2013 | access-date = 15 November 2013 Both the SES-8 SpaceX launch before this one and THAICOM 6 utilized a supersynchronous transfer orbit, but Thaicom 6 was at a somewhat greater apogee than that used for SES-8.

The Falcon 9 upper stage used to launch THAICOM 6 was left in a decaying elliptical low-Earth orbit which decayed over time and, on 28 May 2014, re-entered the atmosphere and burned up.

References

"THAICOM 6 Service Footprint".
(25 January 2015). "THAICOM 6 Satellite details 2014-002A NORAD 39500". N2YO.
"THAICOM: Satellites & Services - THAICOM 6".
(2014). "Fact Sheet: THAICOM 6". Orbital Sciences Corporation.
[http://www.americaspace.com/?p=47039 SpaceX Targeting Jan. 3 For Launch of Thaicom 6]

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