Thailand’s second Earth observation satellite, THEOS-2, was successfully launched at 8.36am this morning (Monday) from the Guiana space centre in French Guiana in South America, after a launch postponement on Saturday due to technical problem.
Thai Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovations, Supamas Isarabhakdi, senior officials from the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GITSDA) and representatives from the French government were at the launch site to witness the historic event for Thailand.
Supamas said she was delighted and relieved after the successful launch of the satellite, adding that it will take about 52 minutes after launch to enter its orbit at an altitude of 621 kilometres from Earth.
The ground station in Thailand will test the satellite systems for about three months, before it will start performing its Earth observation…
