THEOS, Thailand's first Earth-observation satellite, launched by a converted-ICBM Dnepr rocket from the Yasny silo in Russia. The 715 kg spacecraft provides 2 m panchromatic and 15 m multispectral imagery for mapping and disaster monitoring.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 800 kg
- Flight
- 12th
- of 22 Dnepr 1 flights
- Date and time
- 1 October 2008, 06:37 UTC
- Rocket
- Dnepr 1
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 370/13, Dombarovskiy, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2008-049
- Launches in 2008
- 51st of 69
See it in orbit
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