- Thaicom
Thaicom is the name of a series of
communications satellite s operated out ofThailand . Thaicom Public Company Limited is the name of the company that owns and operations the THAICOM satellite fleet and operates other telecommunication businesses in Thailand and throughout Asia-Pacific.Thailand-based Shinawatra Computer and Communications Co. Ltd. (now Shin Corporation) signed a US$ 100 million contract with Hughes Space and Communications Company Ltd. in 1991 to launch Thailand's first satellite communications project. The first Thaicom satellite was launched in
December 17 ,1993 . This satellite carried 12C-band transponders coveting a region fromJapan toSingapore . Thaksin Shinawatra sold Shin Corporation, which owns 41% of Thaicom Public Company Limited.Launch Dates
*Thaicom 1 :
December 17 ,1993
*Thaicom 2 : October 1994
*Thaicom 3 :April 16 ,1997
*Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR-1) :August 11 ,2005
*Thaicom 5 :May 27 ,2006 Thaicom 3
It was launched in 1997, and became a key for the company in providing international communications services from central Europe and Africa to eastern Asia and Australia. It had 25 C-band transformers out of which 18 connect to Asian regional beam that covered India, southern China, and Southeast Asia. Thaicom 3's fourteen
Ku-band transponders are divided between Thailand andIndia . Thaicom 3 is now deorbited.
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