6 December 2024 – Thaicom Public Company Limited announced that on 5 December 2024, its 100% own subsidiary IPSTAR (India) Private Limited (IPSTAR India) has obtained an authorization to provide satellite services over THAICOM satellites in India from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center, or IN-SPACe, an autonomous nodal agency under Department of Space, Government of India to promote, enable, authorize and supervise non-government entities (NGE) to undertake space activities. Under the new Indian space policy, IN-SPACe has authorized IPSTAR India to provide satellite-related services using existing THAICOM satellites, THAICOM 4 at 119.5 degrees East and THAICOM 8 at 78.5 degrees East orbital slot. The agency also granted an authorization for Thaicom’s new satellite at 119.5 degrees East, THAICOM 9, the next-generation satellite with software-defined high throughput technology that will be launched in 2025. Read more