THEOS Mission

Objectives and Applications

Monitoring, land use, disasters, cartography and mapping

Mission Summary

Full Name
Thailand Earth Observation System
aka THAICHOTE
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
01 Oct 2008
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.7 deg
Orbit Altitude
822 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:00:00
Repeat Cycle
26 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

TOP (MS) - THEOS Optical Payload (MS)
TOP (PAN) - THEOS Optical Payload (PAN)

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandLandscape topography TOP (PAN)
Vegetation TOP (MS)
Multi-purpose imagery (land) TOP (MS), TOP (PAN)