Payload
THAICOM 8
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 41552
THAICOM 8 is a Thaicom Public Company Ltd. payload satellite, launched on May 27, 2016 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 27, 2016 at 09:39 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Full Thrust →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Thaicom 8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,802 km
- Periapsis
- 35,772 km
- Inclination
- 0.07°
- Orbital period
- 1436.13 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Thaicom Public Company Ltd.
- Manufacturer
- Orbital ATK
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 3,100 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 5 × 2 × 2 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-031A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41552
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Thailand- Radar cross-section
- 8.0064 m²
- Status
- Operational