Low earth orbit satellite operator Globalstar of the U.S. has won approval from Thailand’s regulators to provide satellite services in the Kingdom in partnership with local satellite firm Thaicom, the company announced last week.

 

Aside from the low earth orbit (LEO) satellite services, Louisiana-based Globalstar will also be permitted to build and operate a ground tracking station at Thaicom’s Teleport Center in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok.

 

Thailand has had a presence in space since the early 1990s. At that time, the Kingdom started purchasing, deploying and operating satellites with private-sector companies such as Thaicom taking the lead. Today, as the Kingdom’s policymakers are guiding the economy towards more advanced development, high-technology sectors such as aerospace and space technology are among the priority sectors, opening up new opportunities for investors.

 

“Globalstar is the first and only LEO constellation of satellites to be authorized to provide service in the Kingdom of Thailand,” said L. Barbee Ponder, Globalstar General Counsel and Vice President of Regulatory Affairs.

 

Patompob Suwansiri, Thaicom’s Chief Executive Officer said that the collaboration is a strategic move in expanding their portfolio of cooperation with a leading global LEO operator which will complement our existing satellite services. Patompob believes that this strategic alliance between the two companies will lay the foundation for a long-term relationship and sustainable growth in the satellite industry in this region.

 

Ponder of Globalstar, the new ground station at Thaicom’s Teleport Center, will be part of a network of 27 other stations in 17 countries that provide mobile satellite services, including critical Emergency SOS communications, to hundreds of millions of people.

 

Photo courtesy of https://www.thaicom.net/thaicom-announces-leo-satellite-partnership-with-globalstar/ 

 

Source: https://thaiembdc.org/2023/03/23/americas-globalstar-will-provide-satellite-services-in-thailand/

 

-- © Copyright Royal Thai Embassy, Washington D.C. 2023-03-24

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There ..... fixed it. ????

The American Military must be very jealous of a private company ground tracking station so close to China/South China Sea? Wink,wink...

Edited March 24, 20233 yr by rbkk

No such thing as Satellites....The Earth is flat..

 

What is this service?  A telephone connection, data download, English TV channels, Netflix ... ?  

2 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

What is this service?  A telephone connection, data download, English TV channels, Netflix ... ?  

Big Brother with very powerful telescopes pointed right at us,

We have fantastic internet in Thailand at a small fraction of the price internet service is available in the US......why do we need Globalstar.....they will claim ultra fast speeds using the sneaky "speeds up to" disclaimer......and yes one stinky meg per minute is "up to I million megabytes per millisecond".

 

I hope the government are charging an arm and a leg for Globalstar using the Thai airspace.

Globalstar is primarily used by business for safety of personnel or monitoring/ tracking of a wide range of assets - trucks, containers, of  and has a few 10's of kilobits bandwidth.  Because it's in LEO, it needs a significant number of ground stations as each satellite is in view of a single ground station for around 10 mins.  Apple are also using Globalstar to offer their SOS emergency set service where there is no terrestrial coverage.

 

There is nothing secret about it!