Geostationary
THAICOM 6
Commercial Communications · Thaicom / Thailand
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Thailand's commercial communications satellite providing C and Ku-band services across South Asia and Southeast Asia. Thaicom-6 serves Thailand's direct-to-home TV market and broadband customers, competing in one of the world's fastest-growing satellite markets. Thailand's Thaicom has positioned itself as a regional satellite operator, offering services that extend beyond Thailand into Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and South Asian markets.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,232–22,251 mi (35,780–35,809 km)
- Inclination
- 0.1°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 39500
- Int’l designator
- 2014-002A
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.