Thaicom 6 at 79° E
also known as Africom 1
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 79° EChannel line-up at 79° E | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 39500
- COSPAR number
- 2014-002A
- Operator
- Thaicom Plc.
- Manufacturer
- Northrop Grumman
- Model
- GEOStar-2
- Launch
- 06 Jan 2014 from Cape Canaveral SFS on Falcon 9 v1.1
- Launch mass
- 3016 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Beacon
- 4185.0, 4185.6 LHCP
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band Africa beam (C band) View footprint
- C-band South East Asia beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band Indochina beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Thaicom 6
18 C-band and 8 Ku-band transponders to serve the growing satellite television market in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Southeast Asia and Africa.