Thaicom 8

Summary

Thaicom 8 is a communications satellite^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Thaicom 8 is in the country of Thailand^[3].
• Thaicom 8's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• Thaicom 8's instance of is recorded as artificial satellite of the Earth^[5].
• Thaicom 8's operator is recorded as Thaicom^[6].
• Thaicom 8's manufacturer is recorded as Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems^[7].
• Thaicom 8's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2016-031A^[8].
• Thaicom 8's part of is recorded as Thaicom^[9].
• Thaicom 8's Commons category is recorded as Falcon 9 Flight 25^[10].
• Thaicom 8's space launch vehicle is recorded as Falcon 9^[11].
• Thaicom 8's SCN is recorded as 41552^[12].
• Thaicom 8's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[13].
• Thaicom 8's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2016-05-27T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Thaicom 8's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[15].
• Thaicom 8's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40^[16].
• Thaicom 8's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11b5lz_g63^[17].
• Thaicom 8's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "41552"]^[18].

Why It Matters

Thaicom 8 ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19]