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TCStar-1 (Thaicom 9) is a high-powered geostationary satellite to be used for broadband communications applications ordered by Thaicom subsidiary International Satellite Co. Ltd. as a successor to its IPStar 1 (Thaicom 4) satellite.
the satellite will be built on CAST's DFH-4 platform. It will carry a high-throughput Ka-band payload with a throughput of 53 gigabits per second to cover a large area of East and South East Asia, including South Korea and Japan.
It was to be launched in 2019 on a Chinese CZ-3B/G2 rocket. In early 2018, the project has been put on hold.
| Nation: | Thailand |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | Shin Satellite |
| Contractors: | CAST |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | DFH-4 Bus |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
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| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCStar 1 (Thaicom 9, Synertone 2) | - | on hold | Xi | CZ-3B/G2 |
Launch Sites:
- Xi = Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China
References:
- Space News: China wins breakthrough contract for Thaicom telecommunications satellite, 28 October 2016
Further Thaicom missions:
- Thaicom 1, 2 [HS-376L]
- Thaicom 3, 5 [Spacebus-3000A]
- Thaicom 4 (iPStar 1) [SSL-1300S]
- Thaicom 6 (AfriCom 1) [Star-2]
- Thaicom 6A [SSL-1300]
- Thaicom 7 [SSL-1300]
- Thaicom 8 [Star-2]
- Thaicom 9 (TCStar 1) [DFH-4]
- Thaicom 9 [MicroGEO]
- Thaicom 10 [OneSat]
