Thaicom-8 Falcon-9 mid may

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• May 15, 2016

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thaicom 8 will be 78.5e

 

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• May 16, 2016

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Orbital ATK was selected by Thaicom PLC to build their eighth satellite,Thaicom 8. The Thaicom 8 satellite design is based on Orbital ATK’s highly successful, flight-proven, GEOStar™-2 satellite platform, and will be manufactured and tested at Orbital ATK’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia.

Thaicom 8 will be located at 78.5 degrees East Longitude and carry a Ku-band payload that will generate approximately 5 kilowatts of payload power.

The Kuband payload will be comprised of 24 active transponders providing services to Thailand, India and Africa.

orbitalatk.com

 

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• May 17, 2016

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satellite way to launch

 

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• May 18, 2016

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Thaicom 8 launch: May 26, 21:40 UTC.

 

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• May 25, 2016

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Probably directly to 78.5°E.
TT&C: 4196 & 4197 MHz.

 

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• May 26, 2016

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Another document says IOT testing will be from 78.0°E.

Webcast will start soon: Thaicom 8 | SpaceX Stats
Again there will be a landing attempt of the first stage.

Launch window until 23:40 UTC.
Some delay now, launch will not be before 22:00 UTC

 

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• May 26, 2016

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New launch time set: 23:36 UTC

 

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• May 26, 2016

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Cancelled for today, next attempt tomorrow (Friday) 21:40 UTC.

 

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• May 27, 2016

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• May 27, 2016

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Reminder: webcast just started

 

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• May 27, 2016

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Launch went fine until now, Thaicom 8 separated, and the first stage landed!
Webcast can be played back in above window of adonis1.

 

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• May 28, 2016

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Excellent clip.

 

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• May 28, 2016

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Bullseye - they are starting to make this look easy now

 

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All that remains is to hack the flight control algorithm, enter a Galashiels Postcode and Bob's your Auntie.

 

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Lazarus said:

All that remains is to hack the flight control algorithm, enter a Galashiels Postcode and Bob's your Auntie.

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I dont think the missus would like the garden being blasted by rocket exhaust as the first stage lands

 

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• May 28, 2016

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launch success

 

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• Jun 24, 2016

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satellite now 77.9e

 

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• Jun 29, 2016

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Testing at 78.0°E seems finished already, Thaicom 8 arrived at 78.5°E.