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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
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
The investigation is focusing on irregularities in the rocket’s rotation during the third stage of the launch, which caused the vehicle to veer off its intended trajectory.<\/p>\n
“The compensation will be made by the third quarter once the investigation is finalised,” he said. “There is a possibility of full compensation, in which case the contractor would build a replacement satellite at its own expense.”<\/p>\n
Under a contract with Boeing, Gistda commissioned the development of THEOS-2 along with a technology transfer programme aimed at strengthening Thailand’s domestic satellite engineering capabilities.<\/p>\n
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’s third stage disrupted its altitude control system, preventing the satellite and 15 co-passenger payloads from reaching orbit.<\/p>\n
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
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…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[314817,64,63,1710,216535,27545,314818,48606,128,285,3725,314816,314815],"class_list":["post-650794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-aerospace-insurance","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-earth-observation-satellite","tag-gistda","tag-isro","tag-pslv-c62","tag-satellite-launch","tag-science","tag-space","tag-thailand","tag-thailand-space-programme","tag-theos-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}