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Thailand's decades-long space program comes into focus

Original: 🚀 Thailand's space program 📖 👉 Thailand began analyzing American satellite imagery as early as 1971. Later, it added its

Thailand began analyzing American satellite imagery as early as 1971 and later added its own communications and Earth observation satellites. Thai engineers are now increasingly developing satellite technology themselves, with programs such as MATCH pushing domestic capabilities forward, drawing renewed attention to the country's quiet but decades-long trajectory in space.

Why now: Interest in Thailand's growing homegrown satellite capabilities and its long history in space technology.

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• 🚀 Thailand's space program 📖 👉 Thailand began analyzing American satellite imagery as early as 1971. Later, it added its own communications and Earth observation satellites. And today, Thai engineers are developing more and more satellite technology themselves. With MATCH,… · whyrweapp · 2

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