NT is racing against a year-end deadline to decide the fate of its rights to the 126-degree East orbital slot.
National Telecom (NT) is racing against a year-end deadline to determine the fate of its rights over its 126-degree East orbital slot, as the state-owned enterprise weighs a multi-billion-baht investment in a satellite for the slot against national security mandates.According to NT president Colonel Sanpachai Huvanandana, the company's newly appointed board is scheduled to review the project's feasibility in June.
This follows a directive from the previous board, which commissioned a comprehensive study -- valued at 20–40 million baht -- to assess the viability of the space economy project and the 126°E orbital slot.
NT will have to finalise the decision by the end of this year to ensure proper coordination with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Col Sanpachai added.
The company secured the orbital slot rights through the auction by bidding around 8 million baht, but the cost of constructing and launching a geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite for the slot is estimated at more than 1 billion baht.
