Thaicom 6

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ดาวเทียมไทยคม 6

CommunicationsHEOCOSPAR 2014-002ALaunched 1/6/2014

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Thaicom 6
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 1.1
Launch Date: 1/6/2014

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: HEO
Altitude: 39,652 km
Inclination: 0.35 deg
Dry Mass: 2,500 kg
Total Mass: 3,016 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type

Communications

Payload Category

COM

Payload Class

B

Organizations

Operator: Thaicom
Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman

Constellation

Name: Thaicom GEO fleet
Active Satellites: 3

Registry

COSPAR ID: 2014-002A

Track

Mentions

4

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

Thaicom launched the Thaicom 6 satellite on a Falcon 9 mission in 2014.

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Thaicom-4, Thaicom-6, Thaicom-7, and Thaicom-8 provide a mix of broadcast and broadband services.

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Thaicom currently has four geostationary satellites on orbit: Thaicom-4, Thaicom-6, Thaicom-7, and Thaicom-8.

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Reported revenue from Thaicom 6, Thaicom 7, and Thaicom 8 was 473 million Thai baht for the three months ending 2021-06-30, down 11.3 percent year-on-year and up 2.2 percent from 2021-01-01.

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