Thaicom 6 – Orbital Thaicom 6 User Manual
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Coverage Contour Maps
Ku-band Coverage Contour Map
Thaicom 6
C1 Beam Coverage Contour Map
C2 Beam Coverage Contour Map
Specifications
Spacecraft
Launch Mass:
3,325 kg (7,330 lb.)
Payload Power:
3.7 kW
Solar Arrays:
Three panels per array, UTJ Gallium
Arsenide cells
Stabilization:
3-axis stabilized; zero momentum
Propulsion:
Liquid bi-propellant transfer orbit system;
monopropellant (hydrazine) on-orbit system
Batteries:
Li-Ion batteries
Mission Life:
≥15 years
Orbit: 78.5
°
East Longitude
Hybrid Payload
C-band
C1 Repeater:
12 active C-band transponders
C1 Antenna:
2.3 m dual grid deployable reflector
C2 Repeater:
6 active C-band transponders
C2 Antenna:
1.4 m dual grid reflector Earth deck-mounted
Ku-band
Repeater:
8/9 active Ku-band transponders
Antenna:
2.5 x 2.7 m single offset super-elliptical
deployable reflector
Launch
Launch Vehicle:
Falcon 9
Site:
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Date:
January 6, 2014
Mission Partners
Thaicom PLC
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Design, integration and test of the Thaicom 6 Satellite