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- ↑ "Thailand to launch its second Earth satellite next week". Thai Public Broadcasting Service . September 28, 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ เปิดนาทีประวัติศาสตร์ ปล่อยดาวเทียมสัญชาติไทย "THEOS-2" ขึ้นสู่อวกาศแล้ว
- ↑ ปล่อยแล้ว 'ดาวเทียมธีออส 2' ขึ้นสู่วงโคจร ชมสด ภารกิจครั้งประวัติศาสตร์
- ↑ "The launch of Arianespace Flight VV23 is a smallsat deployment success". Satnews. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ↑ "Earth observation satellite update 2022". GISTDA . Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ "ไทยส่ง 'THEOS-2' ไปอวกาศ7ต.ค.นี้-เป็นดาวเทียมสำรวจโลกรายละเอียดสูง" (in Thai). Civilian Security Organization. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ "2 satellites under Thailand's Theos-2 project ready to take off". The Nation . August 13, 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
