THEOS-2

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THEOS-2
Mission type Earth Observation
Operator GISTDA
COSPAR ID 2023-155A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 58016 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer Airbus Defence and Space
Start of mission
Launch date9 October 2023
Rocket Vega
Launch site Guiana Space Centre
Contractor Arianespace
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Sun-synchronous, LEO
Eccentricity ≈0
 

THEOS-2 (Thailand Earth Observation System-2), is a Thai Earth observation satellite. The satellite would be capable of observing Earth's surface with a resolution of up to 50cm, and covering about 74,000 square kilometers per day. [1] THEOS-2 was launched by a Vega rocket from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana on 9 October 2023. [2] [3] [4]

THEOS-2, along with the THEOS-2A Smallsat, is part of the GISTDA's Development Survey Satellite System Project (โครงการระบบดาวเทียมสำรวจเพื่อการพัฒนา). [5] [6] Following THEOS-2, Thailand intends to build the THEOS-3 satellite completely domestically. [7]

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