Manifest / 01
Thaicom-6
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
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.
Mission Timeline
20 / 20100%Ground vector
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Latitude
- 28.562°N
- Longitude
- 80.577°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
10:06 PM UTC - 10:06 PM UTC
Provider
SpaceX
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Schedule History
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.