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THAICOM Thailand's National Satellite Project (1993)

 

 

 Issue Name:

THAICOM Thailand's National Satellite Project

 Thai Issue Name:

โครงการดาวเทียมสื่อสารแห่งชาติ ไทยคม

 Issue Date:

1993/2536-12-01

 Cause:

To commemorate Thailand's National Satellite Project

 Catalogue Number:

1993/43

 Denomination:

2 Baht

 Unused Value:

11 Baht

 Used Value:

4 Baht

 Thailex Collection:

Unused stamp

 Size:

45 x 27 mm

 Quantity of Stamps:

2 million pieces

 Printer:

Leigh-Mardon Pty. Limited, Australia

 Subject:

The launch of Thailand's first satellite, i.e. a HS 376 communications satellite, on 17 December 1993, from the Guiana Space Centre near Kourou in French Guiana, with an Ariane 4 rocket and officially named THAICOM by King Bhumiphon. In the background is the Thai national tricolor, as well as the world globe, with the landmasses in green, the oceans in blue, and the map of Thailand highlighted in white.

 Related Link:

Bhumiphon, thong chaht, Satellite Communications System, Krasuang Theknohlohyih Sahnsonthet Lae Kahn Seusahn, National Communications Day (1993), National Communications Day (1994)