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Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency

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The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Public Organization) (Template:Lang-th) or, in brief, GISTDA (Template:Lang-th), is a Thai space agency and space research organisation. It is responsible for remote sensing and technology development satellites.

Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency
สำนักงานพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีอวกาศและภูมิสารสนเทศ
Agency overview
AbbreviationGISTDA
Formed3 November 2002
TypeSpace agency
HeadquartersChaeng Watthana Government Complex,
Lak Si, Bangkok
MottoDelivering Values From Space
AdministratorArnon Sanitwong Na Ayuthaya
Primary spaceportGISTDA THEOS Control & Receiving Satation (Siracha)
Owner Thailand
Websitewww.gistda.or.th

It is led by Thailand's Minister of Science and Technology, Achaka Sriboonreung,[1] Executive Chairman Somchet Thinaphong,[1] and director Arnon Sanitwong Na Ayuthaya.[2]

It has its offices in Chaeng Watthana Government Complex, Bangkok.

THEOS

GISTDA owns the THEOS satellite, which was launched by a Dnepr rocket from the Dombarovskiy Cosmodrome in Russia on 1 October 2008.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b GISTDA Administration - Executive Board[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ GISTDA Administration - Executive Team[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Russia launches Thai satellite on converted missile". RIA Novosti. 1 October 2008.


 

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