BANGKOK -- Thailand plans to launch a new Earth observation satellite, its first such launch in 15 years, marking a milestone in the country's development of space technology that it hopes will bring useful applications in business and society.
Pakorn Apaphant, executive director of the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), which oversees the country's space research and development, had said the satellite, Theos-2, was scheduled to be launched on Saturday morning Bangkok time, from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.
