THAICOM 8

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THAICOM 8 is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 41552

Int'l Code: 2016-031A

Perigee: 35,790.5 km

Apogee: 35,797.1 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: May 27, 2016
Source: Thailand (THAI)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

THAICOM 8 is a Thai television relay satellite, to be co-located in a geostationary orbital slot at 78.5 degrees East with the Thaicom 5 and Thaicom 6 satellites, adding capacity for the company's television broadcast portfolio, which currently totals more than 700 channels of programming.

1 41552U 16031A   21295.90512392 -.00000118  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 41552   0.1149  81.0606 0000793 116.8852 238.0111  1.00271603 19685

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC