Thaicom 4, also known as IPSTAR, is a high throughput satellite built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for Thaicom Public Company Limited and was the heaviest commercial satellite launched as of August 2005. It was launched on August 11, 2005 from the European Space Agencys spaceport in French Guiana on board the Ariane rocket. The satellite had a launch mass of 6486 kilograms. Thaicom 4 is from SS/L’s LS-1300 line of spacecraft. The IPSTAR broadband satellite was designed for high-speed, 2-way broadband communication over an IP platform and is to play an important role in the broadband Internet/multimedia revolution and the convergence of information and communication technologies.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 07:09:32 +0000
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