Asiasat 7 renamed as Thaicom 6A????

[Parkunan]

Now Lyngsat showing, some horizontal c band tps and 1 ku band tp from Thaicom 6A at 78.5 E. Where is asiasat 7?

 

[shawl_who]

I speculate the following possibility:

Lyngsat has removed asiasat 7 and renamed it to Thiacom 6A.
Earlier there was no Thiacom 6A.

Infact Thiacom 6 will be launched end of the year...

One more possibility... they have currently renamed as7 to thiacom 6a... as and when thiacom 6 will launch , it will take all the load from thiacom 6a, and will come to thiacom 6, whereas as7 will go to 105e. Whatsay. :sp

 

[shawl_who]

Thiacom 6 footprints. ( to be launched). {May be they synchronized footprints of as7 according to the soon to be launched Thiacom 6}

 

[Tech Info]

They may have renamed ,But isn't AsiSat & Thaicom two different organizations..? how it can be possible ..

 

[SUNIEL]

However, it remains to be seen whether the country canhold on to the spot.
ICT Minister Anudith Nakornthap said that the Cabinet gave its approval for Thaicomto seek a satellite to place in the slot before the country's right to the position ends with the International Telecom Union (ITU) in November.
The Cabinet also asked the ministry to determine whether the planned satellite could be used commercially. The ministry will also consult the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) and the ITU in an effort to prevent possible satellite-signal jamming between the planned satellite and other adjacent satellites.
The ICT Ministry also plans toconsider launching a new satellite to the 120 degrees east orbital slot sometime after 2015.
As
read further Cabinet gives its backing to maintain satellite orbital slot with Thaicom

 

[shawl_who]

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Thiacom and Asiasat7 partnership ::
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As part of a plan to maintain Thailand's reservation of the satellite position, Thaicom has reportedly reached a preliminary agreement on partnership with Hong Kong satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) to jointly provide services on the planned satellite.

AsiaSat will reportedly launch a satellite to the 120-degree slot in December. It was originally planning to place it in a 105.5 degrees east slot in 2014.

An ICT Ministry source said yesterday that there were some obstacles that could derail the Thaicom move. If Thaicom is really planning a joint service with AsiaSat from a planned satellite in the 120 degrees east orbital slot, this might require approval from Parliament, which might or might not be forthcoming.

Moreover, Thaicom still needs a licence from the NBTC to operate the planned satellite, and the NBTC has not yet begun operating.

Thaicom, which is also planning to launch a Thaicom 6 satellite into the 78.5-degrees East slot by 2013, has no choice but to hold discussions with AsiaSat every time it wants to do anything in the 120-degrees East slot.

The story goes back to 1993, when Thaicom launched the Thaicom 1 satellite into the 120-degrees East slot, while AsiaSat was about to launch a satellite into the adjacent 122-degrees East slot.

Fearing a possible satellite-signal jam, Thailand and Hong Kong held talks to seek a solution, which resulted in an agreement that Thailand could use the 120-degrees slot, but would have to coordinate with Hong Kong whenever it launched a new satellite into the slot.

Thailand has six orbital slots reserved from the ITU - 50.5 degrees east longitude, 78.5 degrees east, 119.5 degrees east, 126 degrees east, and 142 degrees east, as well as 120 degrees east

 

[Shubham]

Its a latest press release?

 

[shawl_who]

Its not a latest press release...its of 2011.
The whole point is that Thiacom and Asiasat are in a partnership. :k

And just bcoz, AS7 has been renamed as Thiacom 6a on lyngsat as well, this is the most logical conclusion..
That as7 renamed to Th 6a, until Thai 6 launches.
As earlier, there was no Thiacom 6a.

Thiacom needs are being fulfilled by as7, until Thiacom 6 launches... after that AS7 will move back to 105e slot, or 120e slot (owned by Thiacom) :c

 

[vijay mahanta]

New Thaicom 6 is useless for us.

 

[jenius-jatt]

Satbeams is still showing Asiasat-7 at 78.6*East and maps are still to be configured.