{"id":468963,"date":"2026-05-05T04:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/468963\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:15:10","slug":"bangkok-post-payout-due-after-failed-satellite-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/468963\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok Post &#8211; Payout due after failed satellite mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PUBLISHED : 5 May 2026 at 05:20<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c1_3249592_260505060118_800.jpg\"   alt=\"THEOS\u20112A satellite launched on Jan 12. GISTDA\" class=\"img-fluid\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHEOS\u20112A satellite launched on Jan 12. GISTDA\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Thailand is expected to receive compensation for the failed THEOS-2A mission by the third quarter of this year, following an ongoing investigation into the launch anomaly, officials from the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda) said.<\/p>\n<p>Yossavin Sombutpanich, who oversees the THEOS-2 programme, said on Monday that compensation procedures would proceed once the probe into the malfunction is completed within a 180-day timeframe.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is focusing on irregularities in the rocket&#8217;s rotation during the third stage of the launch, which caused the vehicle to veer off its intended trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The compensation will be made by the third quarter once the investigation is finalised,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There is a possibility of full compensation, in which case the contractor would build a replacement satellite at its own expense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Under a contract with Boeing, Gistda commissioned the development of THEOS-2 along with a technology transfer programme aimed at strengthening Thailand&#8217;s domestic satellite engineering capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>THEOS-2A, a 100-kilogramme Earth observation satellite, was launched on Jan 12 aboard the PSLV-C62 operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro). However, a malfunction in the final phase of the rocket&#8217;s third stage disrupted its altitude control system, preventing the satellite and 15 co-passenger payloads from reaching orbit.<\/p>\n<p>Gistda and Isro say the rocket and its payloads re-entered the atmosphere and burned up over the Indian Ocean, posing no risk to people or property.<\/p>\n<p>Gistda said the mission was covered by launch insurance, which includes provisions for both satellite reconstruction and a replacement launch. If full compensation is granted, a new satellite could be completed within 2\u20132.5 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PUBLISHED : 5 May 2026 at 05:20 THEOS\u20112A satellite launched on Jan 12. GISTDA Thailand is expected to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[270],"tags":[205823,205824,18,141795,19,17,3020,205825,30216,133,451,391,205822,205821],"class_list":{"0":"post-468963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-aerospace-insurance","9":"tag-earth-observation-satellite","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-gistda","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-isro","15":"tag-pslv-c62","16":"tag-satellite-launch","17":"tag-science","18":"tag-space","19":"tag-thailand","20":"tag-thailand-space-programme","21":"tag-theos-2"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116520034942518805","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}