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SpaceX THAICOM 6 Mission Press Kit
CONTENTS
3 Mission Overview
5 Mission Timeline
6 Falcon 9 Overview
10 SpaceX Facilities
12 SpaceX Overview
14 SpaceX Leadership
16 THAICOM Overview
17 THAICOM 6 Fact Sheet
SPACEX MEDIA CONTACT
Emily Shanklin
Senior Director, Marketing and Communications
310-363-6733
media@spacex.com
THAICOM MEDIA CONTACT
HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS AND VIDEO
SpaceX will post photos and video after the mission.
High-resolution photographs can be downloaded from: spacex.com/media
Broadcast quality video can be downloaded from: vimeo.com/spacexlaunch/
Thitipa Laxanaphisuth
Assistant Vice President, Corporate Communications
66-2596-5041, 66-8-9815-1583
thitipal@thaicom.net
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MORE RESOURCES ON THE WEB
For SpaceX coverage, visit: For THAICOM coverage, visit:
spacex.com www.thaicom.net
twitter.com/elonmusk
twitter.com/spacex
facebook.com/spacex
plus.google.com/+SpaceX
youtube.com/spacex
WEBCAST INFORMATION
The launch will be webcast live, with commentary from SpaceX corporate headquarters in Hawthorne, CA, at
spacex.com/webcast.
Web pre-launch coverage will begin at approximately 4:00 p.m. EDT.
The official SpaceX webcast will begin approximately 30 minutes before launch.
SpaceX hosts will provide information specific to the flight, an overview of the Falcon 9 rocket and THAICOM 6 satellite,
and commentary on the launch and flight sequences.
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SpaceX THAICOM 6
Mission Overview
Overview
SpaceX’s customer for its THAICOM 6 mission is the satellite
communications provider THAICOM. In this flight, the Falcon 9
rocket will deliver the THAICOM 6 satellite to a Geosynchronous
Transfer Orbit (GTO). THAICOM 6 is a commercial
telecommunications satellite.
The THAICOM 6 launch window will open at approximately 5:06
p.m. EST on January 6, 2014 from Space Launch Complex 40 at
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, wi