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Air force satellite Napa-1 launched – Bangkok Post

The Royal Thai Air Force’s first security satellite, Napa-1, was successfully launched on a European rocket from French Guiana on Thursday morning.

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The Royal Thai Air Forces first security satellite, Napa-1, was successfully launched on a European rocket from French Guiana on Thursday morning.
The Arianespace Vega rocket, Flight VV16, lifted off at 8.51am Bangkok time from the Guiana Space Centre. The rocket was carrying 53 satellites from 13 countries into orbit. Of the 53 satellites, 7 were microsatellites, weighing no more than 15kg, and 46 were smaller nanosatellites. 
Napa-1, a nanosatellite, was to be injected into low earth orbit, …

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